On July 22, 2023, at approximately 8:13 a.m., the California Highway Patrol Arrowhead Area was dispatched to a crash on State Route 330 at mile marker 31.40. The crash involved a Ford F-350 flatbed tow truck and a Mazda SUV. For reasons yet to be determined through...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY - Senior Writer The rumors have been running rampant ever since Publisher Aaron Creighton announced that he would be selling the Alpine Mountaineer. We, the staff of the Alpine Mountaineer, are proud to announce that Cecilia Ponce de Leon,...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon For more than 20 years, Kevin Somes gave his heart and soul to Snow Valley Mountain Resort, the last 10 as its vice president and general manager. After the resort was sold, Somes became aware that the general manager’s position at Snow Valley...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon, DATE/TIME: July 11, 2023 / 9:59 a.m. INCIDENT: Vandalism of Religious House of Worship, Commercial Burglary LOCATION: 26032 State Highway 189, Twin Peaks, CA, Twin Peaks Community Church SUSPECT(S): Robert Joseph Kondalski, 47-years-old,...
(Photos by Mary-Justine Lanyon) By Mary-Justine Lanyon Going off to summer camp is a tradition children have looked forward to for years. But it was an experience not available to children like Lucia Laufeld’s special education students. Seeing them left behind made...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon “Be prepared” is the motto of the Boy Scouts of America. It was very fitting, therefore, that the Boy Scouts partnered with Cal Fire on July 1 to offer a wildfire preparedness fair to mountain homeowners. Unfortunately, the fair took place at...
