By Marie Kennedy, The Mountain Times On a recent Monday evening at Wraptitude in Welches, Sara Lee stood before a small crowd, ukulele in hand, sharing songs and stories. Dressed in a ...

This month, a break from facts and figures on forests. Forest managers rely on facts and figures, of course — data about tree growth, lumber volume and value, the volume of drinking water flowing from ...

Koen Lewis is setting his sights on a new career path. After graduating from Sandy High School, he gave the HVAC industry a try, but found that it wasn’t for him.

As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary in July, one Welches cabin will celebrate 90 years of connection to the Hoodland forest in the form of a family home nestled securely in the heart of the ...

Preparing for wildfire season means more than packing a go bag. For many mountain residents, a Public Safety Power Shutoff can also mean losing water, septic systems, cell and internet connectivity, ...

Long before Highway 26 became the main route to Mount Hood, local Catholics gathered in a small church built to serve a growing mountain community. Over the next century, St. John in the Woods ...

We love to hike, snowboard, and golf. When COVID hit, we had that moment of asking ourselves, “What are we doing in the city?” We decided to move to where we actually wanted to spend our time and ...

The husband-and-wife artists behind JJ Burton Silver will bring their latest handcrafted jewelry designs to Cooper's Wine Bar in Welches for a one-day pop-up on Saturday, July 11, from 4 to 7 p.m.

It’s not often a work of fiction haunts the innermost workings of Eleanor’s literary background. And it’s almost never that a work of fiction has her questioning everything she’s ever understood about ...

By: Laura Peterson, Executive Director, For The Mountain Times Greetings from Hoodland Senior Center, and happy summer to all!   First off, we have more local businesses to thank — both locally owned ...

Hohl is a player on the Sandy High School flag-football team. The program only began this year, and Hohl was immediately excited. “Originally, it was just like a fun club. I wanted to get exercise and ...

Owning and running a business is a challenge. Keeping the business operational and successful is another hurdle. But operating for thirty years while retaining a location in a small town is an ...