By Steve Wilent, For The Mountain Times In my August 2023 column, I reported that the main threats to the iconic northern spotted owl are wildfire and barred owls. Wildfire destroys spotted owl ...

Tim’s mother, For The Mountain Times On a quiet stretch of highway between Willamette Falls and Sandy, Oregon, most passing drivers likely saw only another runner logging miles beneath gray Northwest ...

By Laura Peterson, Executive Director, For The Mountain Times We’re all enjoying another sunny summer with lots of activities!  The Strawberry Festival trip in Silverton was fun and delicious, a great ...

By Marie Kennedy, The Mountain Times When Mountain Times readers last met Rosemary Edstrom Nichols in September 2025, the ...

By Lion Milt Fox, For The Mountain Times Swimming Lessons! This years Swimming Lessons program was a great success. We had ...

By Justin Andress, The Mountain Times Anyone buying groceries in the Mt. Hood corridor lately has probably done the math at the register and felt a small jolt of alarm. Stacee Lockwood has done that ...

By Ty Walker, The Mountain Times It was a difficult time to find a job when Patrick Cornwell graduated from college. The world was in the throes of the Covid pandemic. With a kinesiology degree from ...

By: Amber Ford, The Mountain Times It was bound to happen eventually. You can’t claim to be an avid reader without coming across that one novel which makes you completely question what you know about ...

By Marie Kennedy, The Mountain Times Caryn Tilton knew the timeline was ambitious. She had just three months to preserve a century of history. She had no idea how many doors would open along the way.

By Megan Hutchinson “I live in this program and wouldn’t miss summer training for the world” is not a sentiment held by many ...

By Mt Hood Cultural Center and Museum, For The Mountain Times The Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum (MHCCM) invites the public to attend its annual Steiner Cabins Tour on Saturday, August 8, 2026. Thi ...

By State Representative Jeff Helfrich, For The Mountain Times I recently spent an afternoon listening to fruit growers in the Columbia Gorge. I didn’t go there to give a speech, I went to listen.