Winter Family Fun
By Adrian Kohrt With long winters and isolation from the pandemic, this has been a tough winter on everyone,…
Blackout Backup
By Art Nash, Energy Specialist, UAF Cooperative Extension Last week, the most energy-focused state in the U.S. ended up finding…
Making a heart health to-do list
By Leslie Shallcross Considering the heart in February includes more than getting Valentine’s Day cards and chocolates ready. February has…
Respect and Integrity: Do They Go Together?
By Marla Lowder, Tanana District R-E-S-P-E-C-T, can you hear it? Yep, that’s Aretha Franklin singing it. What a great song….
Internet connectivity during a pandemic
By Reina Hasting When our electricity goes out, we notice it right away. A sudden silence comes over everything. The…
Setting New Year’s Goals
By Adrian Kohrt Every year the new year rolls around and it is a time of renewal and new…
Greenery and Your Mental Health this Winter
By Heidi Rader Winter solstice is around the corner. Maintaining mental health in the dead of winter in Interior Alaska…
May the Force Be with You — Using Your Mind for Better Health
By Leslie Shallcross Nearly 11 months after the word coronavirus (aka COVID-19 or SARS CoV-2) seeped into our daily conversations,…
Ready, set, and test!
By Art Nash I’ve received involved calls this summer about radon. Though testing in the winter is encouraged when the…
Food sovereignty and justice in Alaska
By Heidi Rader A primary focus of the 2020 Alaska Food Festival and Conference was food sovereignty and justice. As…
Happy Holidays and COVID-19
By Marla Lowder Many of you who follow me know that I love the holidays. This is my favorite time…
Growing Peas
By Heidi Rader My favorite type of pea is snap peas eaten fresh off the vine — a perennial kid…