By Mary-Justine Lanyon Folks around the world have been glued to their screens, watching as Jackie and Shadow – the bald eagles in Big Bear – incubated their three eggs. The wait was on for that first pip, then the second and finally the third. Jackie laid the first...
Lake Arrowhead’s Lewis Murray: Making our mountain communities’ voices heard
By Mike Harris Special to the Alpine Mountaineer San Bernardino County is America’s largest county, covering 20,105 square miles, and reaching from the eastern border of Los Angeles County to the state line with Arizona and Nevada, including the Colorado River....
Rim Special Athletes slide, slice and smile at Snow Valley
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer With the recent snowstorms covering the mountain with snow, the Rim Special Athletes invited its members to come to Snow Valley for a day of tubing, socializing and pizza. “It was a fun day of ‘Slides, Slices and Smiles,’” said...
LAKE ARROWHEAD MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COUNCIL — MAC members sworn in, praise for Lewis Murray
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Accolades for Lewis Murray and “thank yous” for his service resounded throughout the March 6 meeting of the Lake Arrowhead Municipal Advisory Council. Murray kicked off the meeting – held on Zoom due to the snowstorm – by swearing in the...
PolaRotary Bear Plunge by the numbers
The 16th annual PolaRotary Bear Plunge, held at the Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa on Feb. 1, was extremely successful, reported event founder Dr. Patrick Rains. There were 140 participants who jumped into the icy cold water of Lake Arrowhead to the cheers of over 200...
Entertaining theater at the Tudor House
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer Recent weekends at the Tudor House have been filled with theatrical shows that have brought both a level of culture to the mountain and have been extremely entertaining for the audiences. On the weekend of Feb. 28 to March 2, the...
Crestline Lions receive Membership Trophy
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer The Crestline Lions in the Pines Club has been actively recruiting members and actively doing service projects. A couple of weeks ago, they had a big food drive and distribution through Hearts & Lives, which helped...
Remembering Rose with a bench
In his continuing effort to keep the memory of his daughter, Rosenda “Rose” Elizabeth Smiley, alive, Dr. Fillmore Smiley has been advocating for memorial benches to be placed at strategic points around the mountain. The latest bench was installed at Firehouse Park in...











