Carolyn Usinger has made it her mission to make Tahoe a more beautiful place by picking up litter. When she was convicted of misdemeanors for illegally disposing the litter into the Nevada Department of Transportation’ empty dumpster, she felt defeated. The community’s support inspired her to keep going and she is working to develop a program called Zero Trash Tahoe.

Village Pet Foundation is a new nonprofit that helps those in need cover pet medical expenses.

With local shelters bursting at the seams, Estrella is one of the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe’s longest-tenured residents longing to finally find her loving furever home.

Tuning in to the energetics of the mind and body to consciously keep the space around us very light is a perfect place to start your journey to self-awareness.

The designs that architect Lenise Candiotto Guimarães crafted throughout her decades-long career left a lasting influence on the aesthetics of neighborhoods throughout Truckee and North Tahoe.

In the latest installment of Kids’ Perspective, Moonshine’s summer intern, 15-year-old Lola Hadley, shares how social media is managing to influence her life even though she doesn’t use it.

Should duty call, members of the Tahoe-Truckee Composite of the Civil Air Patrol will be at the ready, poised to take to the skies for whatever their assigned tasks might be.

If parents are seeking to establish independent sleeping skills for their babies and toddlers, Tracy Chaney is the person they’re looking for.

Feelings and emotions kept bottled-up inside, never communicated or validated, can be detrimental to relationships later in life. Lindsay Simon discusses ways to better emotional intelligence.

U.S. Navy flight instructor Calli Zimmerman will be flying her F-18 fighter jet into town for the Truckee Tahoe Air Show and Family Festival on July 23.