Megan Pacer

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Photo courtesy Laurie Speakman This photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 on Kalifornsky Beach Road between Kenai and Soldotna shows under the hood of a snowmobile that caught fire and was put out by passerby Laurie Speakman, a volunteer driver for the Alaska Moose Federation on the Kenai Peninsula. She used two fire extinguishers to subdue the flames, one from home and one from her truck used to salvage moose, when she noticed a teen in distress on the side of the road.

Right place, right time: Moose Federation driver aids snowmachiner

Quick thinking and the proper safety equipment helped Kenai Peninsula resident Laurie Speakman come to the aid of a teen whose snowmobile caught fire Tuesday.… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Laurie Speakman This photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 on Kalifornsky Beach Road between Kenai and Soldotna shows under the hood of a snowmobile that caught fire and was put out by passerby Laurie Speakman, a volunteer driver for the Alaska Moose Federation on the Kenai Peninsula. She used two fire extinguishers to subdue the flames, one from home and one from her truck used to salvage moose, when she noticed a teen in distress on the side of the road.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion The skeleton of a greenhouse stands in the snow Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 outside of Charlie's Pizza in Nikiski, Alaska. The restaurant's owner, Steve Chamberlain, will close shop on Jan. 1, 2017 and begin the transition to a new business, Everett's Acres Farm and Feed, that will sell a variety of animal feed and fresh produce grown by Chamberlain in an on-site greenhouse.

Animal feed, health store to replace Charlie’s Pizza at year’s end

When an oven door closes, a greenhouse door opens. At least that’s the case for Steve Chamberlain, owner of Charlie’s Pizza restaurant in Nikiski, which… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion The skeleton of a greenhouse stands in the snow Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 outside of Charlie's Pizza in Nikiski, Alaska. The restaurant's owner, Steve Chamberlain, will close shop on Jan. 1, 2017 and begin the transition to a new business, Everett's Acres Farm and Feed, that will sell a variety of animal feed and fresh produce grown by Chamberlain in an on-site greenhouse.
Photo courtesy Ronn Hemstock This photo posted to Seward resident Ronn Hemstock's Facebook page on Nov. 10 shows the damage to his back left by a brown bear attack on Oct. 27, 2016 at the Seward Airport in Seward, Alaska. Hemstock returned to work the day following the attack.

‘Life more worth living’

After a college career in wrestling and years of teaching the sport to youngsters as a coach in Seward, 55-year-old Ronn Hemstock never expected to… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Ronn Hemstock This photo posted to Seward resident Ronn Hemstock's Facebook page on Nov. 10 shows the damage to his back left by a brown bear attack on Oct. 27, 2016 at the Seward Airport in Seward, Alaska. Hemstock returned to work the day following the attack.

Science in the sky

As young boys growing up in Nikiski, Ben and Nick Kellie spent hours upon hours creating memories together by flying through the Alaska sky. Today,… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Sterling resident Laurel Lee listens during a sentencing hearing Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. Lee was convicted of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor in May and was sentenced to five years in jail Tuesday.

Sterling woman gets 5 years for sex abuse of minor

Sterling resident Laurel Lee was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday in the final hearing of a sexual abuse case more than two years… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Sterling resident Laurel Lee listens during a sentencing hearing Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. Lee was convicted of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor in May and was sentenced to five years in jail Tuesday.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion From left to right: Joe Coup, Greg Fite and Ray Nickelson fire shots just before taps is played at a wreath-laying ceremony Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016 at the Kenai Municipal Cemetery in Kenai, Alaska. Bob Myles, a member of the VFW and American Legion, coordinated the peninsula's first wreath ceremony through the Wreaths Across America program. Community members hung wreaths on the graves of veterans in the Kenai and Soldotna cemeteries, and Myles is working to expand the event to more peninsula cemeteries next year.

Photos: Gone but never forgotten

A wreath adorns a stake marking the grave of a veteran while volunteers hang dozens more Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016 at the Kenai Municipal Cemetery… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion From left to right: Joe Coup, Greg Fite and Ray Nickelson fire shots just before taps is played at a wreath-laying ceremony Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016 at the Kenai Municipal Cemetery in Kenai, Alaska. Bob Myles, a member of the VFW and American Legion, coordinated the peninsula's first wreath ceremony through the Wreaths Across America program. Community members hung wreaths on the graves of veterans in the Kenai and Soldotna cemeteries, and Myles is working to expand the event to more peninsula cemeteries next year.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna City Manager Mark Dixson explains the city's process and purpose for exploring possible annexation of areas surrounding the city during a Soldotna City Council meeting Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 at Soldotna City Hall in Soldotna, Alaska. The council voted to appropriate $50,000 to fund a public engagement process with a consultant to find out what area residents think about the potential annexation of nine identified outlying areas.

Soldotna approves funds to gather input on annexation

Soldotna now has $50,000 to spend on gathering public input on the potential annexation of some land directly surrounding the city. The Soldotna City Council… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna City Manager Mark Dixson explains the city's process and purpose for exploring possible annexation of areas surrounding the city during a Soldotna City Council meeting Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 at Soldotna City Hall in Soldotna, Alaska. The council voted to appropriate $50,000 to fund a public engagement process with a consultant to find out what area residents think about the potential annexation of nine identified outlying areas.

Sterling home lost in fire

No people were hurt when a cabin was burned to the ground by a fire Wednesday afternoon in Sterling.Central Emergency Services firefighters responded to the… Continue reading

2 nominated for Kenai judge seat

The Alaska Judicial Council has nominated a local magistrate judge and a former Kenai District Attorney for a soon-to-be-empty Kenai Superior Court Judge seat.Judge Carl… Continue reading

Joint therapeutic court launches in Kenai

The Henu’ Community Wellness Court is on the brink of admitting its first participant after more than a year of work to get off the… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion The lights of emergency vehicles illuminate a burned mobile home on Industrial Road off Funny River Road on Dec. 11, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Central Emergency Services extinguished the fire with no damage to the neighboring mobile home.

Photo: Out cold

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Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion The lights of emergency vehicles illuminate a burned mobile home on Industrial Road off Funny River Road on Dec. 11, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Central Emergency Services extinguished the fire with no damage to the neighboring mobile home.

Defense working through evidence in Homer murder case

Public defenders are working through discovery in the case of a Homer man accused of murder for the 2013 death of Mark Matthews, then 61,… Continue reading

Man shot by troopers still being treated for injuries

Alaska State Troopers have released the identity of the man shot by troopers Wednesday in Nikiski.Troopers and Kenai Police Department officers went to a home… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Traffic backs up along the Sterling Highway following a two-vehicle collision Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 near the intersection of the highway and Mackey Lake Road in Soldotna, Alaska. One person was killed in the crash and the other taken to Central Peninsula Hospital to be treated for injuries.

1 dead in two-vehicle collision

  Update 5:30 p.m.: The Soldotna Police Department has identified the two drivers involved in a two-vehicle collision Thursday in Soldotna, in which one of… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Traffic backs up along the Sterling Highway following a two-vehicle collision Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 near the intersection of the highway and Mackey Lake Road in Soldotna, Alaska. One person was killed in the crash and the other taken to Central Peninsula Hospital to be treated for injuries.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Mike Chihuly and his wife, Shirley, greet a passerby while he signs copies of his recently published book, "Alaska Fish and Fire," on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 at the annual Peninsula Art Guild's Fine Arts and Crafts Fair in Kenai, Alaska.

As the story unfolds

Ninilchik resident Mike Chihuly has lived enough lives to write several books since moving to Alaska more than 60 years ago. Instead, he packed them… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Mike Chihuly and his wife, Shirley, greet a passerby while he signs copies of his recently published book, "Alaska Fish and Fire," on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 at the annual Peninsula Art Guild's Fine Arts and Crafts Fair in Kenai, Alaska.

Troopers involved in shooting in Nikiski

A branch of the Alaska State Troopers is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened Wednesday afternoon in Nikiski Troopers at the Soldotna post got a… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Decorative animal-themed fabrics sealed with an adhesive cover the countertops at the new North Road Veterinary Wellness Clinic on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. The clinic, run by homesteader Mary Huhndorf, is already open for basic veterinary needs, but will be a long-term work in progress, Huhndorf said.

Homeward bound: Local veterinarian opens clinic in Nikiski

Mary Huhndorf still lives in the cabin in Nikiski her parents homesteaded in. An animal lover from a young age, she also continues to find… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Decorative animal-themed fabrics sealed with an adhesive cover the countertops at the new North Road Veterinary Wellness Clinic on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. The clinic, run by homesteader Mary Huhndorf, is already open for basic veterinary needs, but will be a long-term work in progress, Huhndorf said.

AST investigating trooper-involved shooting

Update 6:30 p.m. Alaska State Troopers say a man shot by troopers Wednesday afternoon was in the process of being arrested on a felony warrant.… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion James Harris, an English teacher at Soldotna High School, accepts his title as the 2017 Alaska Teacher of the Year during an assembly Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2016 at the school in Soldotna, Alaska.

Soldotna educator named Alaska’s Teacher of the Year

James Harris, an English teacher at Soldotna High School, is the state’s new Teacher of the Year. Harris was awarded the title by Alaska Department… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion James Harris, an English teacher at Soldotna High School, accepts his title as the 2017 Alaska Teacher of the Year during an assembly Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2016 at the school in Soldotna, Alaska.

Public weighs in on Kenai judge candidates

Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that Brooke Browning Alowa was a magistrate judge in Kotzebue. There’s going to be a new… Continue reading