By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer The mountains’ newest training gym is now open at 23919 Lake Drive in Crestline, next door to the post office in the Lake Gregory section of Crestline. Inside the new gym, which has been a dream of owner Jon Jurado and...
Bringing boosters together as one
By Mary-Justine Lanyon At Rim of the World High School, there are 15 sports programs but there have been only five booster clubs. In their monthly meetings, the Rim High coaches had expressed the desire to explore the possibility of creating a schoolwide...
Making your way through grief
By Mary-Justine Lanyon When mountain resident Diana Lee Moran wrote her book Floppy Ears and Puppy Dog Tales, she was focused on the loss of her 16-year-old dog, Paddy, a Jack Russell terrier. But then she lost her fiancé, Danny, who suffered a stroke on their...
Are you Team Sign or Team No Sign? Why ‘For Sale’ signs still matter
Lately, I’ve noticed a growing trend: More homes are listed without “For Sale” signs. Surprisingly, this isn’t always the seller’s choice; some agents are advising their clients that signs are unnecessary. Frankly, this doesn’t make sense to me. Signs provide...
Stopping a fire in its tracks
On New Year’s Eve – Dec. 31, 2024 – a crew from Green Valley Lake Fire Station 95 was dispatched to what became known as the Creek Fire. Arriving first on the scene, the firefighters discovered a fire that was approximately 40 feet by 40 feet. It had spread from a...
New Year’s resolutions: Do you make them and break them?
Are you one of the majority of Americans who make one or more New Year’s resolutions? And then are you one of the few who actually follow through and keep them? Making resolutions at the beginning of a new year is nothing new. According to Dr. Candida Moss, a...
The election results are in!
Members of the Lake Arrowhead Communities Chamber of Commerce have spoken. The results for the board of directors election are in. They elected three directors to serve a term from 2025 to 2027. Corina Colan has been reelected to the chamber board. Colan is an estate...
LET’S GO HIKING – Sequoia Trail
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Exploration Trail temporarily closed Because there was no clear signage on site (presumably from the Forest Service) that this high-profile trail – featured in last week’s edition of the Alpine Mountaineer – has been temporarily closed in the wake of...










