In the February Feel Good story, North Tahoe resident Alenka Vrecek details her love for her husband, Jim Granger, and how she dealt with the shocking news that he has Parkinson’s disease.

Artist Aaron Noble hopes the meditative art of sacred geometry helps people to connect to themselves and others.

Truckee middle-schooler Sadie Dorst is on the path to a blossoming acting career. She’s now appearing in a new coming-of-age short film called Wait, shot in Reno.

In the February Feel Good story, North Tahoe resident Alenka Vrecek details her love for her husband, Jim Granger, and how she dealt with the shocking news that he has Parkinson’s disease.

Cookie week at North Tahoe High School is a joy-filled week when culinary students bake more than 8,000 cookies for a cookie exchange that happens just before winter break.

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.

The third and final phase of the Truckee Bike Park is complete, now offering terrain for everyone from beginner to pro riders.

Danielle Segal hides rubber ducks around the area. Artist Nicole Stirling hides colorful prints of her vibrant mandalas. Both women have the same goal: to spread joy to those around them.

Mike Schwartz, owner of The BackCountry, thinks of his employees as family and has found that providing housing is the key to keeping them long term.