Suggestions for rewarding New Year’s resolutions for your family
By Adrian Kohrt New Year’s resolutions are a positive and healthy way to change our lives and our family. Resolutions…
Follow these four easy steps for a safe kitchen
By Adrian Kohrt Safety in the kitchen is one of the most important things to consider in your house. Forty-eight…
It’s spring and time to think about rhubarb!
By Leslie Shallcross Eating by the season is often suggested as a way to assure nutritional adequacy. Others suggest choosing…
Whether to build, or not to build….
By Art Nash, Energy Specialist If you walk through a lumberyard this month in anticipation of building a home, addition…
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…
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,…
Reducing Stress During the Holidays
A reader asked us about this column, which originally appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in December 2019. It was…
Nutrition education in digital world
By Amorette Payment This has been a year full of changes and challenges. For the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education…
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…
Keeping Your House Operating During a Cold Alaska Winter
Wintertime in Alaska can be cold, with temperatures of 40, 50, even 60 below zero. Severe outside temperatures can cause…