By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor While a scaled-down version of Mountain Top Days was held last year due to the pandemic, this year the event is back with all the festivities. New this year is a theme – “Logging” – to honor the industry that dominated the mountain years...
By RICH CASSONESpecial to The Alpine Mountaineer Jason Riordan calls his wife, Lisa, “the wind at my back.” Together they are the owners of Riordan’s MMA Club in Running Springs. “There’s something in her personality that disarms my shyness, that puts me at ease,...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEYStaff Writer Memorial Day was created to honor and remember all who died in service of the United States. It was originally inspired by the 63,200 deaths of soldiers in the Civil War and was originally called Decoration Day but renamed Memorial...
By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor Laura Norris has always had a love for cats and would rescue one, get it healthy and then find it a home.She began rescuing cats on a larger scale quite by accident. A woman had posted on Facebook that she had rescued nine cats from a...
By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor As children, Beth Johnson and Randy Pattison dreamed of racing down the slopes on ski teams. They were, however, stymied by the sport’s expensive nature. Realizing that today’s youngsters have similar dreams, the two formed the Alpine...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEYStaff Writer This year, Easter will be very different from previous years on the mountain. It will, of course, be celebrated at all the local churches with Easter Sunday morning services. Many churches on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday will also...
