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Youth Voices

Kids Connect gets youth voices in Moonshine Ink. We want them to share their personal trials and/or triumphs, keeping in mind tie-ins to the community and encouraging journalistic aspects like research and interviews. The other goal is to share a parent/family perspective, relating to raising children, family life, family-friendly resources, and more.

Comfort in Continuity

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Back-to-school is usually time for a return to routine, but this year, students are faced with considerable uncertainty.

Feeling Distanced

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A member of the Incline Village High School class of 2020 reflects on the historic experience of being a graduating senior during the time of coronavirus school closures.

Bullying Is Not Cool

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Don’t be a bully, and don’t be a bystander. Be an upstander; stand up for yourself and for other people.

Straws Suck

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America uses 500 million straws per day, which is enough to fill 125 school buses. Such an extreme amount of trash takes a massive environmental toll, and though the outlook may seem bleak, youths around the nation are taking action.

Lost and Found

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In the same week that two strangers changed Frances’ life for the worse, two other strangers changed it for the better.

Rethinking Philanthropy

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Eleanore Hamilton spoke at the Second Annual Philanthropy Leaders Summit in Reno. Who did she meet and what did she learn?

Young Dreamers

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Miss Bell’s first grade SELs class shares their dream for summer.

The Sun Rises for Everyone

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Craig Rowe, an English teacher at Truckee High School, guides Latina students through the college application process.

Picture This

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Ramsey Etchison has created Generation Book Truckee because he wants to make it possible for people to know about their community, so he takes people’s pictures, invites them to express themselves, and helps us recognize that everyone’s roots extend across the planet.

Raising My Political Voice

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How a local 16-year-old is participating in the election without being able to vote.