By Mary-Justine Lanyon On April 9, 2016, Kim Starr – who at the time split her time between Twin Peaks and Ohio – set out to accomplish her dream: to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail. Over the next seven years, Starr whittled away at what she calls the...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer The devastating Line Fire, so named for its starting point at Baseline Road and Aplin Street in the hills above Highland, appears to be winding down its path of fiery destruction. As of Sunday, Sept. 15 some 4,100 firefighters had...
By Elise Gray Special to the Alpine Mountaineer I’ve lost a home before. It was in the early 2000s. After the 2008 recession, many people couldn’t afford their mortgages due to the crash. Unfortunately, my mother was one of them. Eighty percent of our belongings were...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A Norco resident arrested for igniting the Line Fire on Thursday, Sept. 5 was due in court on Friday, Sept. 13. Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, was charged with nine felony crimes on Thursday, Sept. 12. If convicted on all nine counts,...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer At the Sept. 3 meeting of the Crest Forest Municipal Advisory Council, representatives of various government agencies – the sheriff’s department, County Fire and CHP – addressed the audience and warned them to always be prepared in...
It’s no longer a secret – girls can wrestle! It’s also not a secret that, in many cases, prior to the early teen years, girls are even better wrestlers than boys because they are capable of better body control and, in general, focus on executing technique more...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Staff Writer Historian Rhea-Frances Tetley – a co-founder of the Rim of the World Historical Society – was invited by the Big Bear Valley Historical Society (BBVHS) to be their guest speaker before the fires attacked the mountain last week....
Concordia University Irvine’s 32-member bell choir will be performing at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church this Sunday, Sept. 21, at all three services: 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. All of the mountain community is welcome to attend this special event. The bell choir is...
