By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer Perfect weather greeted the 100 residents who attended the ribbon cutting and grand opening of TEN Marketplace, an eclectic home accessories and gift store located just south of Lake Arrowhead Village on Highway 173, on...
The Boles Murders – who dunnit?
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer On Aug. 13, 1965, the Boles family – a father, mother and two sons – were murdered in Crestline. Each suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Their murders were never solved. Davey Porter, a local newspaperman and editor,...
Oz Powers: An advocate for LGBTQIA youth
By JULIANNE HOMOKAY Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Most everyone has seen the iconic movie and its climactic scene: The great and powerful Wizard Of Oz may be a man behind a curtain, but he enables young Dorothy to find the courage within herself to finish...
Goodwin’s Market celebrates reopening with a party
By Mike Harris Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Almost a year and a half after Goodwin’s Market closed because the horrific snowstorm of March 2023 collapsed the store’s roof, the family-owned supermarket is having a grand reopening celebration and the public...
Excitement builds over new Village restaurants
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Thirteen years ago, Marina and Rich Goodwin came up to Lake Arrowhead on a whim. “Rich had always wanted to live somewhere different,” Marina said. At the time, the couple lived in Orange County. “We looked at Big Bear and ended up in...
Women’s Club treated to some jazz
By Mary-Justine Lanyon There was a changing of the guard at the July meeting of the Women’s Club of Lake Arrowhead. After serving as president for five years, Polly Sauer stepped down; her place is being taken by Jeri Simpson. Sauer thanked her outgoing board members...
Recognizing talent in young musicians
By Mary-Justine Lanyon At the opening concert of the Blue Jay Jazz Festival on Aug. 22, Future General Jazz scholarships will be presented to 10 young musicians: Colin Hobson, Vincent Felix, Dylan Whitter, Brenden Watson, Hazel Perez, Martha Urrutia, Katherine...
The successes of the Mountain Homeless Coalition
The population of the mountain region comprises just 2 percent of the total that makes up San Bernardino County. The Mountain Homeless Coalition has just two staff members and a few volunteers. And yet, one out of every four unhoused clients in the county from January...











