By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer State Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh came to the mountain communities on Tuesday evening, Sept. 23 to hear some of the concerns of the community through a town hall format meeting held in the auditorium at Rim of the World High...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon The South Coast Air Quality Management District has been looking at changes to its rules governing hot water heaters and furnaces for more than a year. Last November, the Alpine Mountaineer published an article outlining the proposed...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Scott Boyer – who lays out the Alpine Mountaineer – recently got his FAA pilot’s license so he can fly his drone. An FAA pilot’s license? “Yes,” Boyer said, “the FAA is particularly fussy about where pilots are allowed to fly and how to...
Flying a drone can be fun and even informative BUT flying them in a zone where an active fire is burning is not only a bad idea – it’s illegal and is a federal offense. A drone flying over the recent fires in the Los Angeles area hit a plane dropping fire retardant,...
