By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A middle-aged woman, whose name was not released by authorities, was airlifted out of a steep canyon directly below the Crestline Soaring Society’s hang glider launch site near Cedarpines Park on Monday, March 10. County Fire...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer The skeletal remains of a U.S. Forest Service firefighter, missing since 2020, have been positively identified by the County Coroner’s Office as those of Big Bear Hot Shot crewmember Carlos Baltazar. Baltazar was off-duty when he...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Last week’s mid-winter snowstorm, fed by an atmospheric river approaching from the north, resulted in hazardous driving conditions, leading to pandemonium as several major mountain arteries were closed. Highway 18 was closed at the...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Folks around the world have been glued to their screens, watching as Jackie and Shadow – the bald eagles in Big Bear – incubated their three eggs. The wait was on for that first pip, then the second and finally the third. Jackie laid the first...
By Mike Harris Special to the Alpine Mountaineer San Bernardino County is America’s largest county, covering 20,105 square miles, and reaching from the eastern border of Los Angeles County to the state line with Arizona and Nevada, including the Colorado River....
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer With the recent snowstorms covering the mountain with snow, the Rim Special Athletes invited its members to come to Snow Valley for a day of tubing, socializing and pizza. “It was a fun day of ‘Slides, Slices and Smiles,’” said...
