Even as the night sky rapidly diminishes in length, host and producer Kathleen Fleming finds lots to tell us about the activities of the moon, planets, constellations, aurora, and Comet PANSTARRS. StarDate Susitna is a segment of KTNA’s locally produced Earth and Beyond program. Audio is 9 minutes 7 seconds.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

This image was used in an article on the universetoday.com website, credit  is given to the planetarium software “Stellarium”.

Land conservation and smart growth issues are important to many people in the northern susitna valley, but not everyone want to see government-mandated zoning for preservation. One organization that assists people in conserving private land is Great Land Trust. Read More »

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

A request for federal disaster funding to repair the Talkeetna dike has been denied by the Federal Emergency Management Administration. The fund was one source of money the Borough had hoped would be made available to reconstruct the flood barrier. Read More »

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

KTNA is celebrating 20 years broadcasting to the Upper Susitna Valley by bringing you audio broadcast during the past two decades. We share the past with you every Friday at 12:35 on 88.9 FM.

Today, a story about bears, parks, and people from April, 1994, by KTNA’s first news producer, Kathy Sullivan. Big thanks to Milo Matthews, who resurrected this sound from deteriorating tape, on a tired reel-to-reel machine. Audio is 5:42.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

An eagle that was found slowly starving to death at the Matanuska Susitna Land fill will be returned to the wild this week, after an operation to remove a piece of plastic from its digestive system. The eagle was able to restore strength thanks to a month-long recovery at the Alaska Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center. Read More »

This week on Storynory & Mory listeners finally discovered what – or who – was responsible for the cries in the corridor of Misselthwaite Manor. What implications will this discovery have for the secret garden?

The Secret Garden – Chapter 13

Saving money on home energy use is a common concern for residents of Alaska. Home heating and electricity is a cost-intensive task over the winter months, and a number of large energy projects have been discussed at great length within the state for the last several years.

One organization, the Alaska Center for Appropriate Technology is working to help people save money by reducing their energy consumption. As KTNA’s Lorien Nettleton reports, a series of Net Zero workshops are aimed at helping people produce as much energy as they consume. Read More »

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Last week Mat-Su Borough students swept the podium at the state Science Olympiad Tournament in Anchorage. A year of practice paid off for students from Mat-Su Career and Technical high school and Treeland middle school, who beat 29 other schools to become the two teams to represent Alaska at the national tournament in Dayton, Ohio this coming May.

As it turns out Talkeetna has been grooming some scientific olympiads of it’s own. KTNA’s Melis Coady has more.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

For years, a group of Japanese school children between ages 11 and 19 have come to Alaska to spend a week camping on the Ruth Glacier. KTNA’s Lorien Nettleton spoke with Brian McCullough about the 20th anniversary of the Aurora Club.

Famed wildlife photographer Michio Hoshino first brought children from Japan to the Ruth glacier 20 years ago. Flown in by Eric Denkewalter and Jay Hudson, the group camped in the amphitheater, spent days enjoying the cold weather, and stayed up all night photographing the aurora. After leading 5 annual trips to Alaska accompanied by schoolkids, Hoshino was killed by a grizzly while photographing bears in Kamchatka in 1996. Each year, a new group of youths come to Alaska to honor Hoshino’s memory and to experience for themselves some of the wild beauty that he became so immersed in. Read More »

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.