Submitted by Sandy Steers Friends of Big Bear Valley Everyone is invited to help name Jackie and Shadow’s two eaglets. The online contest to name them is waiting for you. Since the Friends of Big Bear Valley provide the livestreams of Jackie and Shadow’s nest...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor Lewis Murray – who has served as the mountain field representative for Supervisors Janice Rutherford and Dawn Rowe – had his eye on his watch. As the hands moved toward 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 21, Murray was all smiles as he was...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor The transition from middle school to high school is often fraught with challenges and anxiety. To help ease that transition, the Soroptimists of Rim of the World invited four high school students to the Every Girl Counts program at...
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...
