The Truckee Times

The Pros and Cons of Daylight Savings Time

Beck Lupyak, Staff Reporter • March 19, 2024

There are pros and cons to daylight savings time, but because we live in a more advanced modern age, the original purpose of daylight savings isn't present anymore, making it less critical. Health risks,...

The Dangers of Snow and Old Infrastructure

Beck Lupyak, Staff Reporter • March 15, 2024

Snow storms can be hazardous and continue to be dangerous even after they’re over. It builds up in parts of the world where snow is expected and falls continuously. While this buildup can cause road...

The Mothership

Beck Lupyak, Staff Reporter • March 8, 2024

The Mothership is an annual fundraiser hosted by Arcade Belts and High Fives to raise money for High Fives athletes. The competition takes place at the famous KT-22 lift at Palisades Tahoe. Competitors...

Former ACMS Teacher Arrested

Isabela Morales, Staff Reporter • December 8, 2023

TRUCKEE CA - Emma Blance Shaffer, a teacher employed at Loyalton High School who was previously employed at Alder Creek Middle School, was arrested by Sierra Nevada officials on Dec. 1, on charges alleging...

A Bromance for Change

Lucy Greenwood, Contributor • September 27, 2023

In past years the Truckee High School homecoming court winners have alway been a King and Queen couple. This year however, Cormac Linde and AJ Taylor were nominated for homecoming court as a “couple,”...

The Abominable Snow Day

Lola Hadley, Managing Editor, Editorial Board & Reporter • February 1, 2023

How TTUSD decides to cancel, or not cancel, school for winter weather.

Combating Gender Stereotypes And Sexism

Sidney McIntosh, Editorial Board & Reporter • December 8, 2022

Women have been fighting against gender discrimination throughout history. They have had to battle against a lack of legal rights, independence, and more. In the past females have been viewed as less...

Inside Look at the Making of the School Calendar

Lola Hadley, Managing Editor, Editorial Board, Opinion Section Editor & Reporter • November 29, 2022

Long awaited Christmas and Thanksgiving are upon THS and the Truckee-Tahoe Community. As the festivities approach, students, families, and teachers are planning their schedules and trips. The three days...

Down to the Wire

Isabela Morales, Politics Section Editor • November 4, 2022

TRUCKEE - With the Nov. 8 election day right around the corner, the fight for a seat on the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District’s (TTUSD) school board has reached a breaking point. On the ballot are...

Sexual Assault in California

Tatum Haupert, Politics Section Editor • October 29, 2022

Sexual Assault in California is a very broad term, it includes the definitions of rape, sodomy, horrible acts of sexual penetration, oral copulation, sexual battery (when someone is unlawfully restrained,...

Climate Change: When Will We Take it Seriously?

Cassidy Bankert, News Editor & Reporter • October 28, 2022

The annual summit, the meeting between national leaders in discussion of important events, is around the corner. With this meeting happening in just a month, the rising question is, what progress has...

The Faces Behind the Ballot

Isabela Morales, Editor, Section Editor & Reporter • October 9, 2022

Each statement of the Candidate highlights the qualifications/experience, priorities, and some background information on each candidate thus far and is expected to continue in depth throughout the election, and its process.