Joey Klecka

Alaska

Digital Reporter and Producer at KTUU-TV (Anchorage, AK)

Digital Reporter and Producer at KTVA-TV (Anchorage, AK)

Digital Reporter and Producer at KYES-TV (Anchorage, AK)

Digital Reporter and Producer at KATH-TV (Juneau, AK)

Digital Reporter and Producer at KSCT-TV (Juneau, AK)

Tweeting updates/stuff about local sports/news around 907. Morning producer at KTUU/KYES Alaska’s News Source

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Articles

Baby moose take a ‘licking’ to news cameras on summer solstice

1 week ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Lauren Maxwell |Joey Klecka

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Friday is the longest day of the year for those in the northern hemisphere, and Alaskans know better than anyone how much that extra sunlight feels!While our news team was out at the Alaska Zoo finding out what’s going on for the longest day of the year, a crew of moose calves took an interest in the news cameras, exploring the foreign instruments by licking them!Check out the video above to see what we mean!See a spelling or grammar error?
Multiple fires set in Davis Park as abatement begins

1 week ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Joey Klecka |Lauren Maxwell

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Multiple fires were seen burning Tuesday morning in Mountain View’s Davis Park as the city began clearing out homeless camps in the area. The fires were reported to be intentionally set by residents in the camps, according to a spokesperson with the Anchorage Police Department. The first blaze was observed by a reporter at the scene around 11:20 a.m., with more popping up later.
NTSB: 2 dead in helicopter crash on North Slope

3 weeks ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Joey Klecka

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Federal officials confirmed that two people were killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday on Alaska’s North Slope. The helicopter was part of a missing aircraft search by North Slope Borough search teams about 28 miles west of Deadhorse, according to National Transportation and Safety Board Alaska Chief Clint Johnson. Details were scant as of the time of publication, but Johnson said the crash appears to have occurred around late morning.
Search delayed for climber missing after fall on Mt. McKinley

3 weeks ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Joey Klecka

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Poor weather has delayed a search effort Tuesday for a climber who fell while descending Alaska’s tallest mountain. Officials with Denali National Park and Preserve say the 41-year-old man fell while ski mountaineering unroped Monday afternoon with two others on Mt. McKinley. Park officials said search efforts are focusing on the mountain’s West Buttress but high winds and snow have hampered their efforts. The search is currently in a hold, according to the park.
Wolverines hockey splits with head coach

3 weeks ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Joey Klecka

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Anchorage’s junior hockey team has let head coach Nick Walters go, according to team officials. Walters confirmed Tuesday with Alaska’s News Source that he is no longer with the team, but did not specify the circumstances surrounding his departure.
Anchorage prepares for Pride Month with parade, festival

3 weeks ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Joey Klecka

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Pride Month in the 49th state began Sunday and will be celebrated throughout the month by many Alaskans. The Anchorage Pride Parade & Festival will kick off later in the month of June with a focus on “love, acceptance, and unity” in the LGBTQ+ community, according to the Visit Anchorage website.
Pedestrian collision closes parts of midtown Anchorage road

3 weeks ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Joey Klecka

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A collision between a pedestrian and vehicle briefly closed down lanes of Benson Boulevard at the C Street intersection late Monday morning. Anchorage police said eastbound lanes of Benson was briefly closed but traffic had begun moving through the area around noon. It was unknown at the time of publication the status of the pedestrian and driver.
Mayor calls Anchorage’s inclusion on national immigration sanctuary city list a ‘mistake’

4 weeks ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Joey Klecka

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The inclusion of Anchorage on a list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions — defined by the Trump administration as cities obstructing federal immigration enforcement — is a “mistake,” according to Anchorage’s mayor. The list published on the Department of Homeland Security website shows every city, country, and state that the government has deemed as a sanctuary jurisdiction. Anchorage was the only place in Alaska on the list, as of Friday afternoon.
‘His skin was really pale’: State trooper makes water rescue in Tanana River

4 weeks ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Joey Klecka

NENANA, Alaska (KTUU) - When Nathan Hollenbeck arrived in Nenana in to help a man stuck in the chilly waters of the Tanana River, he had to think fast as the man was already hypothermic. The six-year veteran of the Alaska State Troopers took swift action in the early morning hours Thursday to rescue a Fairbanks man who had fallen into the river and was having trouble getting out.
Remains of 3 bodies, boat found in bay nearly a year after family went missing

4 weeks ago | kktv.com | Joey Klecka |Jordan Gartner

HOMER, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A family of four from Texas went missing in the waters of Kachemak Bay nearly 10 months ago. Now, a search has turned up human remains in a boat on the bottom of the bay. Alaska State Troopers posted an update this week that three private companies banded together to search the bay earlier this month and located the 28-foot aluminum boat that capsized last August about 16 miles west of the Homer Spit.