By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer On the first Friday of each month, the Lions Club will be hosting bingo games at the Crest Forest Senior Center’s Leisure Shores for the Crestline and mountain community residents and visitors. September was the first official month...
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Finding your way “Through the Storm”
At their Oct. 5 afternoon tea, the Mountain Christian Women’s Fellowship will hear from Teresa Alexander, speaking on “Through the Storm.” Alexander, the director of the Mountain Pregnancy Center, will share her story of how God miraculously saved her grandson...
Noah’s heart transplant fundraiser, rescheduled for October 6
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer Noah Bard is well-known in the Crestline community as Mr. Hospitality. Last year as a 16-year-old he rode in the 2023 Jamboree Days Parade, and he is often been seen throughout town in stores meeting people and waving at traffic...
Start fall off at the Harvest Festival
By Cady Price Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Havenwood will be hosting its Harvest Festival on Sept 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – the third year it has hosted the event. Havenwood is a retail shop in Running Springs with a large event space behind their A-frame...
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,...
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...








