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Line Fire Community Meeting attracts large crowd
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A community meeting to inform mountain residents of progress being made on quelling the acrid smoke and flames of the Line Fire in the hills above Highland was held on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at Crestline’s San Moritz Lodge. The meeting,...
Accomplishing her dream and taking on a new challenge
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...
Line Fire winding down
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...
Surviving the Line Fire: A story of loss, love and community
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...
