The Will to Live, The Strength to Change: Overcoming a Death Sentence

Faced with his own mortality, a Redding man had few options: Accept cancer’s death sentence or fight it. With his wife, Afton, by his side, Brandon Fitzgerald, 42, chose to fight.

His journey began in February 2008 when Stage 4 melanoma,…

Radio Spot on Rural Teen Issues: Isolation, Depression, Drug Abuse

By Loretta Corrico-Russell

One grant, multiple beneficiaries.

With the help of six Shasta County’s intermountain-area teens, Chico’s KFPR/KCHO is focusing on rural teen health issues using grant money awarded to the area.

Last week the teens spent three days at Hill Country Health…