Joey Klecka
Digital Content Manager
Joey is a longtime Alaskan with childhood roots in Eagle River. Having grown up exploring the vast wilderness of Alaska, he has a strong grasp of what makes the state unique.
Joey graduated with a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and spent eight years covering the sports scene on the Kenai Peninsula as a reporter for the Peninsula Clarion.
At Alaska's News Source, Joey worked as producer of the Morning Edition before taking up a role as digital reporter and ultimately the position of Digital Content Manager at the station.
Community tips led to the recovery of a valuable nativity scene that apparently was stolen earlier this week, miles from where it was last seen.
A black bear wandered through a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hospital early Monday and stopped after finding a bucket of donated Halloween candy.
A rare whale was found dead Thursday morning on the bow of a cruise ship in Alaska, according to authorities.
An Alaskan family’s peaceful night at anchor ended with a giant thud, a sinking boat and having to swim to shore in the dark.
A retired doctor became the oldest person to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, summiting the peak on his 90th birthday.
A woman in Alaska had to be helicoptered to an Anchorage hospital Thursday after being attacked by a brown bear.
Rescue efforts are underway after four climbers fell on the upper slopes of North America’s tallest peak late Wednesday night.
An Alaskan woman was arrested on Tuesday and charged after 25 dogs were found dead earlier this month.
The parents of the "Deadliest Catch" deckhand who died during filming the show are pleading that the video of his death not be released.
A teenager has been found dead in a lake just days after the canoe he was in tipped over.
One person is dead and at least two people are still missing in Western Alaska as the remnants of Typhoon Halong start to subside.
A popular Alaskan climber fell to his death from Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan.
A man is being sued by the State of Alaska for allegedly defrauding customers of his big game hunting service in rural Alaska.
A police department in Alaska is receiving backlash after a video went viral of officers using a Taser on and tackling a man while he was holding his toddler daughter.
Kennedy was in Fairbanks with Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan during a week-long tour of Alaska.
Moose antlers were attached to the plane's wing strut at the time of takeoff.
A tsunami warning was issued Wednesday for parts of Alaska due to a large earthquake.
Nearly 10 months after a family of four from Texas went missing in Alaska, a search has turned up human remains and a boat.
Alaska State Troopers said the body of 32-year-old Skye Rench was identified after it was discovered Thursday.
A mom in Alaska is accused of killing her 6-year-old son last week due to what investigators say were hallucinations caused by a depression medication.
The plane, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft owned by Bering Air, was reported to have been flying from Unalakleet to Nome.
Winds at the time the roof came off were recorded nearby as measuring close to 75 miles per hour.
The couple’s home was reduced from three stories to two in a matter of seconds by a massive landslide.
A man who was killed by a massive landslide in Alaska Sunday has been identified by authorities.
The father a woman who was murdered by four teenagers in 2019 was killed Sunday after losing control of his motorcycle during a memorial ride honoring his late daughter.
