Tag: Truckee Tahoe Airport District
Animal Rescue: Why It’s Important, for Both Animals and Humans
A Truckee Tahoe Airport District board member spends his free time flying rescued animals to forever homes. While the financial side of animal rescue may not pan out, it’s not about the bottom line.
Suspects Arrested in Connection to 2021 Homewood Homicide; Fatal Collision on...
More than $14 million invested in Eastern Placer County; a local alumni gives Stanford convocation speech; more.
Many ‘Coulds’ and ‘Shoulds’ Loom Over Multi-Agency Land Swap
As the Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency considers reducing its needed safety bubble, other agencies eye the potential for a 68-acre parcel that could serve as a receiver site for light industrial/commercial region-wide.
Living Under the Flight Path
Truckee resident Megan Butcher says it’s time to stop using taxpayer money to subsidize the airport. The millions of dollars saved can provide much-needed benefits for the whole community.
Readers Reflect | Election Edition
Phil Fay for Truckee Sanitary District
When I started to do research on running for the Truckee Sanitary District board I started in my own...
In the Crosswinds
Those involved with the Truckee Tahoe Airport, from staff to pilots to district board members, are divided over where district funding should go.
Child Abuse Resources; Airport GM Leaving; $100,000 Raised in 20 Minutes;...
A local sophomore writes about the American Dream (and wins a national award); solutions to catalytic converter thefts; Mountain Hardware family grows; more.
Support the Air Show & Family Festival
The author of this My Shot has been a leader in Tahoe/Truckee’s aviation space for three decades, and here he makes the case for bringing back the Air Show & Family Festival, and how you can help.
$pecial Districts Unit
This chart displays the widely varying benefits, compensation, and barriers to entry for our local elected officials.