For a decade, the Heisler Theater Company has presented A Christmas Carol to the mountain community. The story is from the original story by Charles Dickens, who is also included in this version of the play. “We are thrilled to be back at the Tudor House theater...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer The Mountain History Museum will be open this Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 20 and 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Dec. 21 they will hold their annual end of the year open house. Santa Claus will be visiting the museum from noon to...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer The venerable Old Country Coffee Shop in Running Springs played host to a dozen or so sheriff’s deputies and senior officers from the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Station and several CHP officers, who showed up for Coffee with a Cop...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon For many years, Holland Lowe, executive director of Operation Provider, has put on a truly magnificent dinner on Christmas Day with the help of a flock of elf volunteers. On Dec. 25, folks are invited to come to the Elks Lodge in...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer This year’s annual Blue Jay Christmas parade, now in its 46th year, proved true to its theme: “There’s Magic in the Mountains.” Its quarter-mile-long parade route along Highway 189, in the mountain hamlet of Blue Jay, is reputedly...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer As we prepare to usher in 2026, the staff of the Alpine Mountaineer has carefully considered and then selected a handful of articles from the past year that we feel have had a significant impact on the lives and lifestyles of our...
