By Douglas W. MotleySenior Writer Girl Scout cookie sales have resumed, following a two-year hiatus due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 infections throughout the nation and mountaintop communities. However, with COVID infections now trending downward in California,...
By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor Family and community – these two themes resonated throughout the grand opening of Goodwin’s Organic Foods Market in Redlands last Saturday, Feb. 12. “I’m a fourth-generation grocer,” Mike Johnstone, vice president of Goodwin’s & Sons,...
Board appoints Mark Turner as new CEO After 13 years of leadership, Charlie Harrison has announced that he will be retiring as CEO of Mountains Community Hospital. “I have been honored to serve as CEO of MCH these past 13 years but, after working nearly every day,...
By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor When Cecilia Ponce de Leon and her husband, Michael, bought CAPRE Real Estate and moved to the mountain three years ago, they were no strangers to the community. For many years, Ponce de Leon had had a vacation home on the mountain and...
Click here for more photos from the PolaRotary Bear Plunge. The king and queen of the PolaRotary Bear Plunge: Dr. Patrick and Jo Bonita Rains. Pastor Randy Buecheler of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church has raised more money than anyone else over the years of the Plunge....
By Sean EshelmanSpecial to The Alpine Mountaineer Charity can make people do some pretty crazy things. Some people choose to run marathons. Others will give up a weekend just to feed the hungry in their time of need. Here on the mountain, some of us jump in cold...
