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Lake Arrowhead Woman Arrested in Home Remodeling Fraud.
Entered By: SBSD - Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department Entered On: Thursday July 23rd, 2026 :: 09:33 p.m. PDT Advisory: Lake Arrowhead Woman Arrested in Home Remodeling Fraud; Detectives Seek Additional Victims DATE/TIME: July 23, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., INCIDENT: PC 532(a) -...
Don’t let the new year go up in smoke
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer After the holidays, it’s time to take down the Christmas tree, pack up the lights and decorations and return your home’s decor back to the way it was. Unless you bought a potted live tree that you can plant in your yard, a cut,...
Vehicle plunges 100 feet off Highway 18
San Bernardino County Fire crews responded on July 19 to a report of a vehicle over the side of Highway 18 below Crestline. A passenger vehicle left the roadway at a turnout and plunged approximately 100 feet down steep mountain terrain, coming to rest on its side in...
Government
Election workers collect ballots
Last Friday, these two Registrar of Voters workers – in an official vehicle and with proper ID – emptied the ballots out of the box at the Running Springs library. They cleaned the boxes and secured them against tampering and the predicted rain. They said they emptied...
Sheriff’s Log
Editor’s note: As the sheriff’s department is no longer providing their log of calls, the Alpine Mountaineer is compiling Nixle press releases for our readers.
Navarro extradited and arrested
As part of an active local investigation, the Twin Peaks Detective Bureau identified suspect Erik Navarro was in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, incarcerated on separate traffic charges. Working in coordination with the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office and...
Business
Financial Focus: Making the most of Medicare open enrollment?
When you turn 65, Medicare becomes a vital part of your health care coverage. But Medicare isn’t a “set and forget” program. You have the opportunity — and often the need — to review and adjust your coverage every year during the annual open enrollment, between Oct....
Financial Focus: Inflation-fighting strategies for retirees
Inflation may run high or low, but it’s pretty much always around — and it’s particularly concerning if you’re a retiree. How can you help protect yourself from the rising cost of living? Start by looking at your investment portfolio. Even if you’ve adjusted it to a...
Financial Focus: Dividends — Reinvest or not?
If you own dividend-paying stocks or mutual funds, you generally have a choice: Should you take the dividends as cash or reinvest them? Long-term investors can benefit from reinvested dividends, which, along with price appreciation, make up part of a stock’s total...
Entertainment
Upcoming Events
BIG BEAR Big Bear Theatre Project: A Ghost Story, Dec. 17-20. Big Bear Performing Arts Center. Tickets and more information, bigbeartheatreproject.org. BLUE JAY Blue Jay Autumn Festival: Nov. 14, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Food, music, carnival games, petting zoo, pumpkin pie...
Gratitude galore for Mountains Community Hospital
By Michael Brewer Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Kathryn Jackson, aka “Nonnie” to the locals, is often seen in her 15-passenger Ford Transit with decal messages “Too Blessed to Be Stressed” and “Too Grateful to be Hateful.” She would like to sing songs of...
Tributes to Robin Bull — Agencies report at the combined MAC meeting
By Rhea-Frances Tetley Special to the Alpine Mountaineer The Crest Forest and Lake Arrowhead Municipal Advisory Councils held a joint meeting at the San Moritz Lodge on Oct. 6. The meeting opened with a tribute to the late Robin Bull, who most recently served...
‘This is high school?!’
In the Kitchen with Bev: Evoking the feeling of fall
Special Olympians take to the links
Gratitude galore for Mountains Community Hospital
A Local Legend, lost: A tribute to Taylor Cole
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