The Thursday PM Youth Show is back! Tune in this Thursday, May 17 at 5 p.m. to listen to youth commentaries, interviews, music, chat and more! WTIP Youth Radio Project producers are launching the first show of the season with the theme "Firsts". Learn more about the show, the theme and what's coming up on the Youth Radio Project Facebook page.

Stephan Hoglund captured this picture of a luna moth. Check out more pictures of the area in our Photos From the Edge online gallery.

Stephan Hoglund captured this shot of blooming tulips in Grand Marais. Check out other great shots of spring along the North Shore in our Photos from the Edge photo gallery!

This week on The Lake Superior Project, we begin to take a closer look at climate change on the big lake. We speak with folks around the lake who are noticing changes in their neck of the woods. You can also check out the first in a three-part video series on climate change on Lake Superior from the Institute on the Environment on The Lake Superior Project webpage. Photo by George Bott via Flickr.

Grand Marais Photographer Stephan Hoglund captured these northern lights over the harbor on April 23. Check out more photos from local photographers in our Photos From the Edge online gallery.

Summer 2012 is on the horizon and the early-registration deadline for the North Shore Dragon Boat Festival has been extended to May 1, 2012! Twelve-plus-one teams are already signed up and expanded opportunities for individual and family paddlers are available. You can learn more about the event here. Make plans--July 27-29 the dragons will roar across the harbor! This event is sponsored by WTIP North Shore Community Radio, North House Folk School, and North Shore Health Care Foundation.

Northern Gardening, with hosts Diane Booth and Joan Farnam, airs the second Thursday of each month from 4 to 5 PM.  If you miss the program, it is rebroadcast the following Saturday from 6 to 7 AM.  Learn more about this locally-produced program and listen to past editions by visiting the Northern Gardening page on our website.  Happy gardening!

Funding from Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land & Legacy Amendment is enabling WTIP, in conjunction with AMPERS independent public radio stations across the state, to take part in preserving Minnesota’s history and cultural heritage through programming features. Learn more and check out our projects here. Photo by Travis Novitsky