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.
Today's Alaska weather forecast from Alaska's Weather Source.
A dead beluga whale was found beached Tuesday morning at the mouth of Ship Creek in Anchorage.
An Anchorage man was sentenced Friday to serve 55 years in jail four years after he beat another man to death with an eight-pound sledgehammer, then stuffed his body in a plastic tote and hid it in an east Anchorage garage.
A young couple is dead after a man who was playing with a gun pointed it at his girlfriend and shot her Wednesday night, police say, before shooting and killing himself.
A small plane crashed Thursday night in the Wrangell Mountains, killing both people onboard, authorities say.
A fin whale was found dead Thursday on the bow of a cruise ship in Sitka, according to authorities.
Dense fog and risky landing conditions played a major role in the crash of a chartered plane that left all eight onboard dead last month at a remote military radar site in western Alaska.
A fire that burned at a Whittier dock for over 12 hours Monday is now being investigated to find a cause to the blaze that torched roughly 70% of the wood decking on the town’s new cruise ship terminal.
A longtime restaurant burned early Tuesday morning in the Southeast Alaska town of Wrangell, according to authorities.
A voter misconduct case by the state of Alaska against nine American Samoan residents in Whittier was dropped Friday, more than a year after they were charged.
After dozens of school bus routes went missed over the first three weeks of the new year, Matanuska-Susitna district officials say they are resorting to using every penalty available to them against the bus company.
Several businesses were broken into early Wednesday morning in a northeast Anchorage business district, leaving owners to pick up the pieces.
Weeks after a reported oil spill could not be found by state regulators in the waters near Anchorage, a new oily sheen popped up Wednesday morning during a deliberate test by the state’s top oil and gas company.
The three Anchorage police officers who fired their guns along a major city roadway this spring, killing a man who allegedly pointed his gun at them, were cleared Tuesday by the state.
The two pilots flying a chartered plane that crashed last month, killing all eight onboard, were identified Friday as 73-year-old Dave Furber of Anchorage and 34-year-old Sergei Zelenkov II of Chugiak.
A head-on collision between two cars temporarily closed the Seward Highway on Friday just south of Girdwood, according to officials.
Five years after a landslide cut off access to a portion of Denali Park Road, the Pretty Rocks Bridge was completed Wednesday.
A total of 20 candidates and some running mates dropped out of Alaska's general election before Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline hit, leaving Alaska’s election field in a mix.
The heftiest pumpkin was crowned Monday afternoon at the Alaska State Fair with a familiar name attached to it.
Dave Bronson, the former Anchorage mayor who is one of 17 candidates running for governor, has committed to staying in the race and run against his fellow Republicans.
Another victim that was on the federally-chartered plane that crashed last week while trying to land in thick fog at a remote radar site at Cape Newenham has been identified as Trevor McWilliams.
The first preliminary report on the plane crash that claimed three lives near a remote Alaska town last month was released Tuesday.
A charter plane crashed Thursday afternoon with multiple people on board near a remote landing strip at Cape Newenham, according to a federal investigating authority.
A woman was shot and killed by an Anchorage police officer Tuesday afternoon in what was described by the city police chief as a crisis negotiation standoff.
An Alaska firefighter who died while fighting a wildfire in Minnesota will be brought home, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.
A glacially-dammed basin has released, triggering evacuation notices for residents of Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley
A police-involved shooting has shut down a parking lot Thursday afternoon in northeast Anchorage.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy told Alaska’s News Source Monday the administration will be pushing forward a plan to lawmakers that includes a corporate income tax for oil and gas companies.
The Iditarod Trail Committee announced the 2026 inductees into the Iditarod Hall of Fame Monday, including Doug Swingley, Leo Rasmussen and Susan Butcher’s dog, Granite.
For a Glacier Bay family, a peaceful night at anchor ended with a giant thud, a sinking boat, and a swim to shore in the dark.
Body camera video from the arrest of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has been released.
A vehicle crash on the Kenai Peninsula closed the Sterling Highway Friday for several hours.
Vietnam veteran and Chicago Cubs fan Bob Chavez was caught on a viral video Sunday smacking another fan in the back of his head during the pregame national anthem.
A 42-year-old man was arrested this week after troopers say he shot at another man’s gas generator at his Sterling property, then showed up intoxicated and made threats to kill others.
Two people were onboard a small plane that crashed Wednesday afternoon near Lake Hood.
New video released by police shows a brown bear believed to be the one that attacked a woman along a south Anchorage trail last weekend.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot’s claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village.
Three dozen people on board a tour boat in Southeast Alaska were rescued Thursday after the vessel started taking on water, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
Police released the names Wednesday of two people killed in a car fire last month in an east Anchorage mobile home park.
Police are investigating a reported shooting Tuesday morning at an Anchorage elementary school.
Dr. Art Ulene summitted Kilimanjaro early Monday to unofficially break the world record for oldest human to climb Africa's highest peak.
Providence Alaska Medical Center went on lockdown in the early morning hours Friday after a man fired gunshots into the air, with a large police presence forming in the area in the hours afterward.
Two people were killed Thursday morning in a multi-vehicle crash on the Glenn Highway near the S-curves.
A Kenai woman was helicoptered to an Anchorage hospital Thursday after being attacked by a brown bear on her front deck, authorities said.
In this week’s edition of 907 Sports, we are joined by Alaska’s News Source Digital Content Manager and Mount Marathon veteran Joey Klecka, who has more than 20 years of experience on the mountain. From rain to repeat champions, Mount Marathon 2026 brought it all to the participants and the fans in Seward on July 4.
A fire burning in the woods in east Anchorage backed up traffic along Northern Lights on Wednesday afternoon.
The Department of Justice dismissed two lawsuits from the state of Alaska Wednesday challenging a Biden-era Oil and Gas leasing program.
Two people were killed Wednesday morning in a crash at Potter Marsh along the Seward Highway, closing the heavily-traveled roadway for hours.
The Utah man accused of killing a Homer woman who was the subject of a large-scale search in 2019 was sentenced Wednesday to 99 years with 12 suspended.
A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting Sunday in a Fairbanks parking lot.
