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Joey Klecka

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Joey Klecka

    Dead beluga whale washes up near mouth of Anchorage’s Ship Creek (opens the original)

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    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A dead beluga whale was found beached Tuesday morning near the mouth of Ship Creek in Anchorage, and a second one was reported to have been found dead as well. The female whale was discovered at the end of the small boat launch. It was unknown at the time of publication how the whale ended up there, but Alaska’s News Source was waiting for more details from officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including a cause of death. NOAA did confirm

  2. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Joey Klecka

    Anchorage man who used sledgehammer in beating death, then stuffed body in tote, sentenced to 55 years (opens the original)

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    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - 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. Adam Darius Pringle, 44, was sentenced to 55 years of active jail time by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Peter Ramgren for the 2022 death of 27-year-old Keenan Wegener. Pringle was convicted last December by a jury, which found him guilty of second-

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Joey Klecka

    Plane crash kills 2 in Wrangell Mountains (opens the original)

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    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A small plane crashed Thursday night in the Wrangell Mountains, killing both people onboard, authorities say. The Piper Cub with two onboard crashed shortly after taking off from a dirt airstrip near the small community of Nabesna around 7:51 p.m. Thursday, according to the Alaska State Troopers. A spokesperson with the National Transportation Safety Board told Alaska’s News Source that the investigation was centered around Snag Creek, roughly 50 miles southeast of Nab

  4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Joey Klecka

    Fin whale found dead on bow of cruise ship in Alaska (opens the original)

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    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A fin whale was found dead Thursday morning on the bow of a cruise ship in Sitka, according to authorities. The official cause of death has not been released, nor details on whether the whale was killed by an impact from the cruise ship or not. The carcass was found on the bow of the Norwegian Joy, operated by Norwegian Cruise Line. An official with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that after it was alerted to the death, its Alaska Marine Mammal

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Joey Klecka

    Police: Fairbanks man fatally shoots girlfriend while playing with gun, then kills himself (opens the original)

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    FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - 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. Police got a 911 call from a home on Bentley Drive around 9:12 p.m. from a person saying that his friend, 22-year-old Landon Lowrance, had “accidently” shot his girlfriend, 21-year-old Cloerae McBrayer, according to the Fairbanks Police Department. Police said Lowrance was playing around with a re

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