As we head down the mountain, this final piece in our series continues to explore the stories behind the towns of the Mount Hood corridor — each stop, a link to the past. Zigzag In 1845 Joel Palmer ...

Welcome back, dear reader, from our annual winter hibernation. While dwelling in my cave I had a lot of time to think and I came up with a few observations about this game we love so much. For ...

For the third year in a row, Sandy Rotary members arrived at every elementary school in The Oregon Trail School District bearing gifts. Working with the school district, it was determined that the ...

The lingering chill of winter gives way to the embrace of slowly emerging spring flowers, signaling a time of renewal and growth. At Mount Hood Flowers, the arrival of hellebores, crocus and tulips ...

Place of Birth? Camas, Washington. How long on the Mountain? 8 years. If you were not brought here as a child, what brought you to the Mountain? I dreamed of living in the woods and enjoying a slower ...

Sprinting with all his might, the only thing Sandy High School senior center fielder Cooper Hibbs is focused on is hawking down a ball hit his way in center field. It looks like he isn’t going to make ...

The Sandy and Hoodland Libraries are expanding their reach! In 2024 the City Budget Committee awarded the Sandy and Hoodland Libraries $150,000 for the purchase of a Mobile Library Vehicle. With the ...

I am writing in support of Steve Graeper’s February letter to MT regarding the importance of all homeowners making it a priority to help secure their property and community against wildfire. The ...

My Father, Lloyd Alrick Musser, passed away on March 1, 2025, but his passion for telling the story of Mt. Hood, its people and history, lives on every corner of this mountain. It’s hard to keep my ...

It is never easy to lose a member of your family, and the loss of a mother is especially profound. My mother, Linda Nelson, passed away on Friday, March 21st, 2025, at the age of 82, after a long ...

Mental health is a topic that has historically been dismissed, shamed, and even fabricated. Mental health is more than just mental illness, silent struggles, or a laundry list of labels. Mental health ...

When Richard Davis, an experienced attorney with 28 years in Barre, Vermont, moved to Troutdale, Oregon, in 2015, he knew establishing his own practice in a new, competitive legal market would be a ...