Government

Measure Q: Your questions answered about the future of Mountains Community Hospital

Community presentations have generated an overwhelmingly favorable response as residents learn more about the hospital’s modernization project, financing plan and the stakes of the November 3 election. With Election Day approaching, Residents for Measure Q is...

Sheriff’s Log

Oct 7, 2026 | Local

Editor’s note: As the sheriff’s department is no longer providing their log of calls, the Alpine Mountaineer is compiling Nixle press releases for our readers. Man arrested for lewd and lascivious acts with a minor On Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, the suspect, Kevin...

Blaze destroys Crestline home

Oct 7, 2026 | Crestline

By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A residential structure fire of yet-to-be-determined origin laid waste to a home in the 23100 block of Sycamore Lane in the Valley of Enchantment, just west of Crestline, on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Sources said first responders from...

Final Corks & Hops To Go Country

Oct 1, 2026 | Crestline, Front Page, Mountain Events

By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Crestline’s final Corks & Hops craft beer and wine tasting event for 2026 is slated to kick off at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3 and wind down at 8 p.m. Ticket holders can sip, savor and stroll through both ends of town,...

LAKE ARROWHEAD COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT: Rate study ordered – PFAS contract awarded

Oct 1, 2026 | Lake Arrowhead, Local

By Mary-Justine Lanyon Nearly three years ago, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1572, which prohibits the use of potable water to irrigate nonfunctional turf on commercial, industrial and institutional properties and in specified common areas. That law goes into...