Beth Verge

2 weeks ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Melissa Frey |Beth Verge

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Are you traveling to Katmai National Park and Preserve? You have options for getting there!Nestled along the edge of Naknek Lake – a glacier-fed body of water that is the largest lake found within a single park – Katmai National Park and Preserve was established to protect the region surrounding Novarupta and the Valley of 10,000 Smokes.

4 weeks ago | kktv.com | Beth Verge |Jordan Gartner

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - An Alaska man somehow escaped serious injury after being trapped by a 700-pound boulder for three hours during a hike in a remote area last weekend. Kell Morris, 61, says he ventured out for a hike with his wife on a Seward hiking route last Saturday. He said the two decided to do a day hike, choosing to go out along a quieter path without any designated trail due to the busy holiday weekend, with plans to turn around once they felt they had gone far enough.

1 month ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Beth Verge

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - This past Saturday, the day began like any other for Kell Morris, 61, who ventured with his wife out on a Seward trail that morning. They had decided they’d do a day hike, choosing to go out along a quieter route during a busy holiday weekend with the intention of turning around once they’d felt they’d gone far enough. Instead, a giant boulder derailed those plans, tumbling from the canyonside and triggering a multi-agency rescue effort.

1 month ago | alaskasnewssource.com | Beth Verge

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - House Bill 57, which started as a cell-phones-in-schools bill, is now poised for a potential veto override vote after Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, formally vetoed the legislation on Monday. The governor’s action on the bill, which lawmakers have repeatedly referred to as “a compromise,” came not long before a midnight deadline for vetoing the bill or signing it into law.

1 month ago | webcenterfairbanks.com | Beth Verge

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Senate’s version of the House budget, considered at length by lawmakers over the past several weeks, was rejected in a concurrence vote Friday afternoon. The move sets up a conference committee to combine the Senate’s version of House Bill 53 with the House version that passed in April to get a finalized budget eventually sent to Gov. Mike Dunleavy.