Indoor dining once again allowed With vaccination rates rising and COVID-19 cases declining, San Bernardino County transitioned to the less restrictive red tier on Sunday, March 14. The county had been in the state’s most restrictive purple tier since last August....
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Four-day-long winter storm blankets mountain communities
By Douglas W. MotleySenior Writer Last week’s four-day-long winter storm brought a great deal of snow to the mountaintop region, with snowfall levels as low as 3,000 feet and overnight temperatures plummeting to as low as 24 degrees in Crestline, resulting in numerous...
Fifes & Drums to march to raise funds
The Mountain Fifes & Drums Corps has once again been invited to participate in the annual Drummer’s Call at Colonial Williamsburg. The Drummer’s Call, which will take place in May, is an invitation-only national gathering of the fifes and drums organizations who...
Rim adopts three-tiered school reopening plan
By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor If San Bernardino County moves into the red tier of COVID-19 restrictions soon – as predicted by Supervisor Janice Rutherford and other officials – all of the students in the Rim of the World Unified School District will be back in the...
Snow no deterrent to football practice
By Douglas W. MotleySenior Writer An early March snowstorm on March 3 did not stop the Rim High School football team from proceeding with a scheduled practice. Joseph Jurado, Rim High’s head football coach, told The Alpine Mountaineer on March 12 that he had never...
Honoring those who stood in harm’s way
By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor Continuing a tradition that began in 2003, Ginger Gabriel and several of the quilters who help make Quilts of Valor presented two more quilts to mountain veterans as a tangible reminder of appreciation for their service. “These quilts,”...









