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Financial Focus: Dividends — Reinvest or not?

If you own dividend-paying stocks or mutual funds, you generally have a choice: Should you take the dividends as cash or reinvest them? Long-term investors can benefit from reinvested dividends, which, along with price appreciation, make up part of a stock’s total...
‘Mountain is #1 dumping ground for animals’

‘Mountain is #1 dumping ground for animals’

By Mary-Justine Lanyon   Paula Anderson – a volunteer with the Mountains’ Humane Society – shared the news with the Women’s Club of Lake Arrowhead at their July 15 meeting. “The mountain area,” Anderson said, “is the #1 dumping ground for domestic animals.” The...

Protecting your health during a wildfire

Protecting your health during a wildfire

By Dr. Dinelli Monson Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual Plans of California   A wildfire can change daily life quickly in Southern California when residents face smoky skies, reduced air quality and the possibility of evacuation during...

Estate Planning: Who gets the child if a parent dies?

Estate Planning: Who gets the child if a parent dies?

Many families today include unmarried partners, blended families and stepparents who help raise children but are not their legal parents. While these families may function like any other loving household, the law may view the situation very differently if the child's...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: The High Cost of Commodities

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: The High Cost of Commodities

Have you noticed how cheap gasoline is, of late? Perhaps I will re-word that one. Gas isn’t exactly cheap. (That’s right, but I am, cheap that is). I must say, six or seven bucks a gallon surely ain’t cheap. However, I’ve seen at least one gas station in Crestline...

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

BIG BEAR Big Bear Theatre Project: Creating Worlds Playwright Festival, Aug. 13-16. tick,tick…BOOM!, Oct. 15-25. A Ghost Story, Dec. 17-20. Big Bear Performing Arts Center. Tickets and more information, bigbeartheatreproject.org.   BLUE JAY Craft Fair: Every Saturday,...

Sheriff’s Log

Sheriff’s Log

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. 18-year-old female falls off Big Bear Dam On Tuesday, July 14, at approximately 11:03 p.m., deputies from...

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