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Sure, Truckee seems to have gotten crowded and sometimes it’s like people have forgotten how to use a roundabout, but le...
11/12/2025

Sure, Truckee seems to have gotten crowded and sometimes it’s like people have forgotten how to use a roundabout, but let’s extend them some kindness!

Longtime local or summertime visitor? It doesn’t matter when you’ve been on your feet for seven straight hours running food and dealing with customers.

OPINION: In light of the threats facing Lake Tahoe, a member of the Tahoe Sierra Clean Air Coalition encourages people t...
11/07/2025

OPINION: In light of the threats facing Lake Tahoe, a member of the Tahoe Sierra Clean Air Coalition encourages people to use AI to fire off sharp, fact-based comments to the TRPA and push for real accountability.

An environmental advocate writes that AI can and should be used as a tool to help residents hold the TRPA to account by submitting fact-based comments to demand accountability and protect the lake.

In this month’s Think Local special section, Moonshine Ink staffers look at how they keep the flow of their dollars loca...
11/06/2025

In this month’s Think Local special section, Moonshine Ink staffers look at how they keep the flow of their dollars local.

Skipping the online cart and shopping closer to home.

Historic Rubicon Bay home transforms into Tahoe Cross Country’s new ski lodge.⁠⁠Tahoe XC is more than just a ski resort....
11/05/2025

Historic Rubicon Bay home transforms into Tahoe Cross Country’s new ski lodge.⁠
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Tahoe XC is more than just a ski resort. It provides over 20,000 folks a year with an affordable, and sometimes even free, connection to nature. In the summer, its nordic trails are open for hiking, biking, and trail-running. The new lodge site sits adjacent to North Tahoe High School.

Truckee Tahoe Airport’s Fly Safe program offers free seminars, flight clinics, and incentives to help pilots handle the region’s tough mountain conditions. A Moonshine reporter takes flight to learn more.

You’ve seen it everywhere — Keep Tahoe Blue — but when and where did it come from? Moonshine Ink looks at the genesis of...
11/03/2025

You’ve seen it everywhere — Keep Tahoe Blue — but when and where did it come from? Moonshine Ink looks at the genesis of the famous slogan.

The pioneers of Tahoe environmentalism coined Tahoe’s most iconic slogan, arming conservations with a rallying cry that’s lasted 60 years.

Since the start of this century, the number of U.S. journalists per capita has dropped a stunning 75%.⁠⁠Americans largel...
11/03/2025

Since the start of this century, the number of U.S. journalists per capita has dropped a stunning 75%.⁠
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Americans largely value journalists’ role in society but see their influence declining — and often differ over who fits the label. ⁠
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In this month’s Membership Update, we do an overview of studies released this summer that underscore the tenuous state of American journalism and how much Moonshine Ink needs its members.

Two studies released this summer underscore the tenuous state of American journalism. One looks at how many U.S. journalists are there and the other, how America values them.

OPINION: Truckee residents are no stranger to losing power during snowstorms or wind events. That’s why a new library is...
11/01/2025

OPINION: Truckee residents are no stranger to losing power during snowstorms or wind events. That’s why a new library is needed now more than ever, proponents argue. In addition to providing a bigger, modern space, a new library would also double as an emergency resource center for the community.

In addition to building a bigger, more modern library to accommodate Truckee’s growing population, a new space is needed to serve as an emergency resource center when residents lose power.

We all know that there is not enough affordable housing in our area. But a local developer worries that a proposal by th...
11/01/2025

We all know that there is not enough affordable housing in our area. But a local developer worries that a proposal by the Town of Truckee to limit state protections meant to encourage construction of homes could make things even worse.

A local developer says that the area’s housing crisis will only be made worse by Truckee’s proposal to limit state protections meant to speed up construction.

Expanded food resources to SNAP recipients; local confirmed case of tuberculosis; more. This week's news, briefly.
10/31/2025

Expanded food resources to SNAP recipients; local confirmed case of tuberculosis; more. This week's news, briefly.

WASHOE COUNTY

What does it mean to really belong in a community? For one Tahoe transplant, it took a health scare, a cross-country RV ...
10/27/2025

What does it mean to really belong in a community? For one Tahoe transplant, it took a health scare, a cross-country RV trip, and a historic Tahoe/Truckee winter to find the answer. He and his wife parked in Coachland, shoveled snow with neighbors, and before long, were putting down roots. From launching a new coaching practice to volunteering with local nonprofits and even co-founding the Tahoe Truckee Trash Alliance (yep, “Don’t Be a Trashole” started as a family joke), he’s learned that belonging isn’t about how long you’ve been here, but how much you give.

After a health crisis, one man left the corporate grind for Truckee/Tahoe — discovering that belonging comes not from how long you live somewhere, but how much you give.

TDPUD sets public hearings for water and electric rates; unique-to-Tahoe plant needs continued conservation; more. This ...
10/25/2025

TDPUD sets public hearings for water and electric rates; unique-to-Tahoe plant needs continued conservation; more. This week’s news, briefly.

TRUCKEE

Special online exclusive about the ballot question deciding the future of the Truckee library: YATA answers burning deta...
10/24/2025

Special online exclusive about the ballot question deciding the future of the Truckee library: YATA answers burning detailed questions Moonshine Ink readers have been asking about Measure G.

On Measure G: Why a Mello-Roos? How many participating parcels? What are the long-term financial plans? Answers to lingering questions about the ballot question deciding the future of the Truckee Library.

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