Hello, Welches Families! November was a wonderful month filled with community and holiday spirit! Students and their families ...

As SNAP benefits are finally becoming accessible to those in need of assistance after the longest government shutdown in American history, The Mt. Hood Villages community became a light to so many ...

Last week I was in Uncertain, Texas - yes, that’s the real name, supposedly chosen because  nobody was certain what to call the town when the first maps were drawn – co-leading my  annual photography ...

As a teenager, I occasionally avoided paying campsite fees by leaving early in the morning before the rangers could stop by ...

I read a recent news article by Melissa Busch about a quirky donation made to a Salvation Army Red Kettle in Arizona. Every ...

The holiday season settles over the Mountain communities in a way that feels both magical and demanding. Between the early ...

Trillium Lake has long been a popular destination in the Mt. Hood National Forest, drawing thousands of visitors each year for its calm waters and uninterrupted views of Oregon’s tallest peak. This ...

The holidays bring rich food, decorations, guests, and travel. They also bring a spike in preventable emergencies. A little ...

When people learned of Susan “Phoenix” Lane’s disappearance last November, the mountain community was shaken, even more so ...

For nearly 50 years, Brightwood resident Nathan Mills has lived with an imbalance. At birth, his right leg was shorter than his left. And even after surgeries in his youth to keep his left leg from ...

St Helens, Oregon How long on the Mountain: 38 years (6 months after we got married)If you were not brought here as a child, what brought you to the Mountain: Definitely as a child, we used the old ...

For nearly 30 years, Jamie Simpson has hiked into the local forests in search of edible treasures. Over that time, he’s ...