'We're growing food and growing gardeners.'
SPONSORED: It’s planting season in Tyonek, where a successful school greenhouse program nurtures young gardeners right alongside their thriving beans, tomatoes and watermelons.
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Around the state, 2016 Teachers of Excellence use creative ways to help students learn
SPONSORED: From robotics and programming to good old fashioned consumer economics, Alaska’s outstanding educators find unique ways to engage their pupils.
New treatment is changing hepatitis C outcomes for Alaskans
SPONSORED: A new approach to treating hepatitis C has radically changed the impact of a disease many patients used to see as incurable.
Meet three ANMC nurses who are making a difference in Anchorage
SPONSORED: Celebrate National Nurses Week, May 6-12, and recognize the nurses you know who improve life for patients and families.
Learning to hunt, fish, gather and grow
SPONSORED: Alaska Native elder Margie Attla has a long history of teaching young people to prepare food from the store outside their door.
Alaska Native patients struggle to find bone marrow transplant matches
SPONSORED: Wendy Lythgoe-Snipes needed help from stem cell donors to win the most important fight of her life. But finding a match wasnt easy.
Planning ahead can ease the pain of life-or-death decisions
SPONSORED: Having an advance health care directive in place can help reduce your familys stress when the unthinkable happens.
When it comes to preventing heart disease, small steps can save lives
SPONSORED: Gathering and preparing traditional Alaska foods -- like the chickweed and nettles in these pesto recipes -- is a fun and tasty path to better heart health.
Russian Mission art installation celebrates water's life-giving power
SPONSORED: Artist Linda Lyons captures the Yukon River communitys connection with the water that sustains them.
What's in your WIC-approved cart?
SPONSORED: The federally funded Women, Infants and Children program delivers nutritious food to the moms and kids who need it most.
Restocking Bean's Cafe is a community effort
SPONSORED: Anchorage businesses and individuals are stepping up with donations to refill empty shelves at the nonprofit soup kitchen.
Coping with diabetes is a full-body exercise
SPONSORED: When a Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes diagnosis requires lifestyle changes, a support network can be the key to good health.
The comedy cure
SPONSORED: Meet the Navajo duo promoting wellness through laughter.
Demystifying the colonoscopy
Health care professionals and survivors say embarrassment is no excuse for skipping the screening that could save your life.
Tobacco-free workplaces on the rise
SPONSORED: Tobacco-free campuses and cessation programs are increasing in popularity among some of Anchorages biggest employers.
When seconds count for injured kids
In 2015, the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage was recognized as Alaskas first and only Comprehensive Pediatric Emergency Center.
A classroom full of drones, roller coasters and excitement
Teacher Jacob Doth does something incredible every week, nine months a year. He transforms classrooms full of middle schoolers into STEM fans.
An apple a day keeps kindergartners engaged
If you grew up in Cordova, chances are you remember Mrs. Moffitt. This 2015 BP Teacher of Excellence has been teaching in the Cordova School District for more than 30 years.
A teacher, a storyteller, a champion
Ben Colson, of Anchorage's SAVE High School, has been helping students who've had disrupted educations, for one reason or another, navigate toward graduation.
Fairbanks teacher-turned-principal has a flexible game plan
Deborah Hall, a 2004 winner of the BP Teachers of Excellence award, is now the do-it-all principal of Denali Elementary.
