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Tuesday night, the Upper Valley experienced an impressive display of the Aurora Borealis. The lights are caused by particles from the sun being thrown into space and interacting with the charged particles in Earth's ionosphere, which begins about sixty miles above the surface. This is referred to by scientists as a geomagnetic storm. Donald Hampton researches those storms for the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He says the geomagnetic storm on Tuesday was very rare.

Dallas Seavey was the first musher to arrive in White Mountain Tuesday morning. It’s the second to last stop along the Iditarod trail. Teams will take an eight-hour mandatory rest there, before the make the final push for Nome.

https://youtu.be/hiBuh74wHHkWinter weather doesn't stop Ellie Mitchell from hitting the road (or the trail) on her fat bike. She picked up cycling from her dad, and now she regularly competes against him and other cyclists in the Anchorage winter racing circuit.

Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:TitleArtist / Composer (if…

Public radio and TV in Alaska could lose $2.5 million next year if a proposed state budget cut goes through. It would be a small reduction compared to the overall deficit legislators need to close -- but it would eliminate more than half of the fundingpublic media gets from the state.Download Audio

Winter has been rough around the state this year. And the lack of snow and warm temperatures have not gone unnoticed by businesses and recreational enthusiast. Download Audio

Pacific halibut are one of Alaska’s most valuable fish, but we know surprisingly little about what happens to the species during an important time in their life – their spawning period. Amanda Compton caught up with a study in Glacier Bay focused on just how halibut spawn using a special type of tracking equipment.Download Audio

As the Defense Department puts its focus on the Arctic and Pacific, the U.S. Army in Alaska held its first ever international summit on cold weather combat, bringing elite specialists to the Northern Warfare Training Center near Fairbank.Download Audio

Seabirds are on the decline in the North Pacific, from the Western Aleutians to Vancouver Island. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey compiled and filtered the data of hundreds of thousands of surveys of different species conducted in the last 40 years to document the decline. They say the decline could signal a drop in the overall productivity of the ocean.Download Audio

Tax Credits, Subsidies Could Be Things Of The Past As Alaska Faces Multi-Billion Dollar Deficit; Lawmakers Weigh Exempting Alaska From Daylight Saving Time; Ethan Berkowitz Enters Anchorage Mayoral Race; Alaska Seeks Delay In Tribal Sovereignty Case; Gov. Walker Pulls Alaska Commission Of Judicial Conduct Nomination; Mat-Su Pursues Waste Solution; Honey Buckets Here For The Long Haul; Brent Sass First Yukon Quest Musher To Reach Dawson; Seabird Decline Could Signal Drop In Ocean ProductivityDownload Audio