Beth Verge
Anchor/Exec. Producer & Multimedia Journalist
Anchorage, Alaska
Beth Verge first became part of the Channel 2 News team in February of 2016, starting as a reporter for the Morning Edition. She is now the anchor and executive producer of the Alaska's News Source Late Edition, also serving as a reporter and solo multimedia journalist.
Beth graduated from Butler University and obtained her Master's degree from Northwestern University before heading to Alaska. Since starting at Channel 2, she's won various awards, both as a solo journalist and a contributor to nationally-recognized work.
A cross country and track athlete throughout high school and into college, Beth is an avid sports fan, having covered college track and cross country, basketball and Notre Dame football in-depth in the past. She also spent a year as a sports and news intern at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis.
Outside of the newsroom, Beth loves traveling to new places, playing and watching sports, cooking new dishes and exploring all that this amazing place has to offer! If you have a story idea for Beth, please email her at bverge@ktuu.com or reach out via social media.
A piece of legislation seeking to expand energy production on Alaska’s North Slope is heading for debate in the U.S. House of Representatives after moving out of the House Natural Resources Committee and being formally introduced on Wednesday.
On the heels of a visit to the nation's capital by supporters of ANWR development projects, Gwich'in Nation members landed in D.C. this week as part of an effort to protect and conserve the area.
An Alaskan on a mission to bring attention to some of the needs of Alaska and the Indigenous peoples of the Arctic is in Dubai for the United Nations’ climate change conference.
As crews continue to search and clean up debris in and around the area of a deadly landslide that hit Wrangell on Nov. 20, community members have been banding together with authorities from across the state as the town and a single survivor of the slide try to recover from the disaster that has thus far taken the lives of four people.
The Alaska State Troopers announced on Thanksgiving morning active search and rescue operations have been suspended after a large landslide struck the tiny Alaska town of Wrangell.
An FBI-hosted conference focused on preparation and response in the event a mass violence incident were to happen in Alaska.
The Last Frontier Honor Flight takes Alaskan veterans to Washington D.C. to visit the memorials created in their honor.
The Last Frontier Honor Flight's October trip to Washington D.C. marked the 10-year anniversary for the organization, which has to date taken 382 veterans to the nation's capital.
The Last Frontier Honor Flight set out on its 17th mission in late October. Follow along as 21 veterans travel to Washington, D.C., to see the memorials built in honor of their service to our country.
After a long day of travel from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to Portland on Tuesday, the service members that make up the seventeenth Last Frontier Honor Flight were greeted at their hotel by the city’s chapter of the Patriot Guard Riders.
The Last Frontier Honor Flight took off from Ted Stevens International Airport Tuesday on its 17th mission to take a group of WWII, Korean, and Vietnam War veterans to Washington, D.C.
Simon Weyiouanna is set to spend decades in prison after a judge cemented his plea deal with the state on Tuesday morning.
The Anchorage Fire Department, grappling with how to help those experiencing homelessness as temperatures begin to drop for the year, has begun to implement changes to its tracking system as it works to better address incidents taking place within homeless camps.
As Anchorage police work on an open missing persons case for 37-year-old Jessie Tessier, the woman’s family has been holding out hope that they might come across a sign of the mother of three — or that a member of the public might flag them on information leading to her whereabouts.
The husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola was the pilot and only person onboard a Piper Super Cub that crashed in rural Alaska late Tuesday.
A new report shows that beavers are advancing into Arctic tundra, leading to more methane being released into the atmosphere.
An Anchorage-based nonprofit, focused on making sure recreational trails in the region are in good shape and ready for use, was back at work again Wednesday as it nears the close of the 2023 season.
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have reportedly discovered yet another treasure within the limits of Denali National Park and Preserve.
A new Small Business Administration venture offers resources to veterans, service members, and military spouses who want to start, grow or rebuild a small business in Alaska.
A new endeavor by Alaskan law enforcement agencies, with the help of advocates of Indigenous peoples, seeks to report and spread more information to help find the missing, especially those of Alaska Native and American Indian descent.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is taking time to stop in Alaska communities as White House officials are set to arrive in the state this week.
A U.S. Department of Transportation program is set to fund nearly $45 million in project support across multiple Alaska communities as they look to strengthen fish habitats.
Now is as good a time as ever to review what’s in your emergency kit, or to create one if you haven’t yet.
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in the midst of a multi-day trip through Alaska.
The Global Autonomous Systems Conference in Anchorage this week is welcoming more than a hundred industry experts to the Dena’ina Center.
Off the Chain — a bicycle collective and co-op in the heart of Anchorage's Spenard neighborhood — is a place that welcomes cyclists of all skill levels, abilities and backgrounds through its garage door.
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a complicated condition that affects how the blood flows through the heart, and in Alaska, it can be especially difficult to find support, but a Southcentral mom and her son are changing that one day at a time.
Alaska State Troopers are encouraging Alaskans and visitors alike to plan ahead in the event they are venturing outdoors.
After being arrested, taken into custody, and then subsequently released, the man accused of multiple attacks against people and property on and near Anchorage trails was arraigned in court Monday afternoon.
The Department of Public Safety is touting a new online program that sex assault survivors can use to keep track of evidence kits.
Anchorage’s mayoral administration is looking to provide people who are experiencing homelessness the option of traveling to other cities in the United States, in lieu of shelter space being available.
Up about 2,500 feet above the valley floor, and spanning about 600 feet in total, the Veilbreaker Skybridges are now welcoming visitors for tours at the top of the mountain.
Federal grant money will soon be put to work through a new drinking water monitoring program designed for implementation across Alaska.
A recent national report from the Governor’s Highway Safety Assn. showed an increase in vehicle-pedestrian crashes across the country, but while Alaska Department of Transportation data shows a slight decrease across the state, the Municipality of Anchorage is tracking its own trends in Southcentral.
The hit series Antiques Roadshow, which has been featured on PBS for decades, was in Anchorage on Tuesday and welcomed thousands of visitors for appraisals of a range of items.
A recent federal report shows pedestrian traffic fatalities across America rising overall over the course of 2022.
The Department of the Interior has delayed the release of a record of decision for the controversial Ambler Access Project, which seeks to build a 211-mile road from the Dalton Highway.
An Alaskan mom, who lost her son in an impaired driving hit-and-run, is on a mission to change a criminal statute.
The Wasilla Vet Center has a new home in the Mat-Su, celebrated with a grand opening on Wednesday that featured a range of speakers and a tour of the new facility.
A visiting fisherwoman on Friday unexpectedly reeled in an item that had been lost in the Kenai River days earlier.
NOAA’s Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory is a hub for climate research by the agency, which is working to track baseline information for comparisons of atmospheric data around the world. The location on the outskirts of Utqiagvik is one of four ABO facilities around the world.
An avid Eagle River hiker shares a harrowing story of a very close call with three brown bears.
First Lady Jill Biden, along with representatives of the Biden-Harris Administration, visited Bethel to discussed broadband internet connectivity in Western Alaska.
At the IHC in Utqiaġvik, where all are welcome, the mission is to share all that the Iñupiat culture has to offer while trying to keep local traditions alive for the future.
A group of Kuskokwim region tribes is suing in federal court to stop the development of the Donlin gold mine.
More than a dozen members of the House minority left chambers on Wednesday, stalling proceedings on the House floor and leaving even the House minority leader wondering where they were.
A plea agreement has been reached in a murder case surrounding the 2018 stabbing death of Cheri Ingram.
The Div. of Insurance is proposing repealing the 80th percentile rule – which was implemented decades ago to help protect providers and patients – claiming the provision raises health care costs for consumers.
The iconic structure so closely tied to the Iditarod has a winding history that’s closely aligned with the race itself.
Ryan Redington, Pete Kaiser and Richie Diehl are part of an unprecedented showing in a single Iditarod.
