By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor “I am glad negotiating has come to an end,” Amanda Markovich, the president of the Rim Teachers Association, told the Rim of the World Unified School District board of trustees at their May 15 meeting. “This has been one of the...
Rim Family Services moved mountains to make its “Mission: Possible” at its inaugural gala, held May 3. The agency’s first fundraiser event was a success; many walked away with renewed knowledge of, and faith in, the many services provided by Rim Family Services....
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer Crestline will come alive on July 5, 2025, for the 58th annual Jamboree Days parade, a beloved tradition celebrating community spirit and small-town charm. This year, the Crestline Chamber of Commerce has selected Richard and...
As our loved ones age, end-of-life decisions can come sooner and with more complexity than we expect. A heartbreaking story by Maggie Schneider Huston in Newsweek illustrates just how critical it is to prepare and advocate effectively. In 2023, after the death of his...
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. This week there are no new releases from the mountain area or Highland.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been getting some very strange phone calls of late, dozens of calls every cotton-pickin’ day, many of which have no one there to talk to. I call them “ghost calls.” I beg them to say something, anything. It’s really annoying when they...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The 1853 Mormon Road up Twin Creek Canyon from San Bernardino was washed out by the 1862 Noachian Flood, and that route was abandoned after flooding out again in 1867. This led to Edward Daley constructing his toll road, which...
By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: Heaps Peak Arboretum Length: 0.8-mile loop Elevation gain: 122 feet (from mid-trail) Challenge: easy Nearly five months ago, when we last visited and wrote about the Sequoia Trail, winter had yet to...
