The State of California Board of Forestry has just announced that three fire agencies with roots on the mountain have been named to the 2024 Fire Risk Reduction Community list. The Fire Risk Reduction Community list, as mandated by Public Resource Code 4290.1, is "a...
Providing support for the mountain’s boys and girls
Cindy Gardner (left), a board member of the Ted Roy Foundation, recently presented Marcy Vega, the executive director of the Mountain Communities Boys & Girls Club, with a check for $3,000. Through its Mile High Charity Golf Classic, the Foundation has raised more...
Free hot dogs from the Lions Club
During last Saturday’s Corks & Hops event, members of the Crestline Lions Club gave out free cold water. This coming Saturday, July 20, they will be giving out free hot dogs in the Goodwin’s Market parking lot as their way of thanking the community for their...
Remembering Sonja Miller-Kaplan
Sonja Miller-Kaplan was born on January 1, 1934, in Manhattan, NY. She passed away on May 2, 2024, in Running Springs, where she had lived since 1980. Sonja was preceded in death by her husband, Rudy C. Kaplan. She is survived by three siblings: her sister, Vera G....
‘Art Festival Among the Forest’ debuts
By Julianne Homokay Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Our mountain community keeps getting richer. On Sunday, July 7 at the Community Center in Cedarpines Park, “Art Festival Among the Forest” made its inaugural run. It included music, food stations and artisan...
The hunt is on for the biggest pine cone!
Have you started your hunt for the biggest pine cone yet? There is still time to find the longest or the heaviest and enter it in this year’s Pine Cone Festival contest. The annual Pine Cone Festival is just around the corner. Vendors and performers are getting ready...
Serrano to lead County Fire’s Mountain Divisio
San Bernardino County Fire Chief Dan Munsey has appointed Jason Serrano to the position of assistant chief of the Mountain Division. Chief Serrano will oversee fire, rescue and emergency medical response for the division, which includes the communities of Crestline,...
RIM OF THE WORLD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT – Trustees move forward with new cell phone policy
By Mary-Justine Lanyon After Amanda Markovich, president of the Rim Teachers Association, reported to the board of trustees at the June 27 meeting that many teachers were working at summer jobs “to help make ends meet,” Trustee Scott Craft expressed his opinion. “The...
