SPONSORED: How important are high school activities? Ask this multigenerational family of Alaska athletes and coaches who have experienced the benefits firsthand.
SPONSORED: Amelia Simeonoff had no idea that one simple career choice would send her down the path toward becoming a traditional Alaska Native healer.
SPONSORED: Pre-surgery Academies set patients up for post-op success.
SPONSORED: While some educators double, triple or even quadruple their retirement contributions in order to retire in Alaska, others look at the numbers and say they just can’t make it work.
SPONSORED: One is an Alaska teacher who left the state. Another is sticking around and trying to make it work. Here’s what they have to say about their decisions.
SPONSORED: From the art on the walls to the way employees talk to patients, behavioral health facilities are rethinking how they can better treat patients who have been impacted by childhood trauma.
SPONSORED: Like many Alaskans, public school teachers worry about planning for retirement. Unlike most of their neighbors, they won’t have a safety net to fall back on.
SPONSORED: Breweries from across the country compete in the 2020 Alaska Craft Brew and Barley Wine Festival.
SPONSORED: Anchorage’s private liberal arts university is working to return to its roots as an academic institution grounded in Alaska Native culture.
SPONSORED: Snow isn’t as soft as it looks - and Alaska health professionals say no matter how kids enjoy the outdoors, they in particular need to protect their brains.
SPONSORED: These days, the “precious gold of the hills and streams” is more likely to see the inside of a smartphone than a sluicebox.
SPONSORED: This year, patients of all ages will spend the holidays away from home. Here’s how staff and volunteers at one Alaska hospital try to make their days a little more merry and bright -- and what you can do to help.
SPONSORED: Extreme weather events, subsistence changes and water shortages are becoming increasingly common across Alaska, but no two communities experience the same impacts.
SPONSORED: When the toilets stop flushing, the neighbors start calling. Meet the man who keeps things flowing in this St. Lawrence Island community.
SPONSORED: For Gage Hoffman, bringing Yup’ik to Stanford is a way to live his culture, even though he’s thousands of miles from home.
SPONSORED: Dr. Sean and Dr. Sara McPeck are vets -- and they’re vets. Here’s how this couple tapped into their experience caring for military dogs in Afghanistan to build a first-of-its-kind comprehensive veterinary medical center in Palmer.
SPONSORED: Martin Parsons thought he’d be a commercial fisherman like his dad. Instead, he’s a leader in oil and gas safety — and his wife and son work alongside him, making it a family affair.
SPONSORED: Severe mental illness used to mean a lifetime of hospitalization, but that’s not the case anymore. What changed?
SPONSORED: Advertised as a healthier alternative to smoking and popular with young people, e-cigarettes were a cause of worry for health professionals even before they were associated with an outbreak of respiratory illness.
SPONSORED: From village clinicians to a former NBA player, organizers are finding success with homegrown approaches to preventing suicide deaths.
