Five Cannabis Strains to Help Get You Through Portland’s Mud Season

This final stretch before the arrival of spring is arguably the least enjoyable time of the year. But between curbside daffodils, soft amethyst crocus, sprouting tulip shoots—and the right strain of weed—we can take the edge off of the crusty remains of frost season.

Mt. Hood Brewing is Doubling Its Capacity With an Expansion

There will be no shortage of beer at Government Camp if you’re looking for an aprés-ski beverage. Mt. Hood Brewing is adding a structure next to its existing brewery and pub that will house a slew of new equipment that is expected to double capacity.

Mount Hood Land Exchange a Decade in the Works Is One Step Closer to Being Completed

On Monday, Jan. 6, a Mount Hood land exchange signed into law by Congress a decade ago finally took a step forward with the U.S. Forest Service receiving appraisals for the properties involved.

Mt. Hood Community College Opens Opportunities for First-Generation Students

Daniela Baltag, the first in her Moldovan family to go to college, is exploring the new possibilities thanks to what Mt. Hood Community College offers. Thanks to the support system of TRiO, a federally funded program at MHCC to assist first-generation students like her, Daniela is preparing for whatever her future holds.

Oregon Public Broadcasting Will Continue to Operate Portland Jazz Station KMHD Following Vote by Mt. Hood Community College’s Board of Education

At last night’s meeting, after accepting public comment about KMHD, MHCC’s board motioned to rescind its previous vote, affectively reactivating the automatic extension clause in its contract with OPB. The only dissenting vote came from board member and jazz musician Kenney Polson.

Mt. Hood Community College is Considering Returning KMHD to its Campus as Early as August, But the Jazz Station’s Future is Still Uncertain

The committee’s report also throws out the possibility of moving KMHD away from jazz programing. The report includes a survey of MHCC student’s music tastes, and according to the findings, less than 3 percent of the current student body listens to jazz. “I would not recommend the same format if this is going to be considered a recruitment tool,” committee member and MHCC’s marketing director Lauren Griswold told the board.

Oregon’s Newly Discovered Fault Lines Stretch for 34 Miles Along Two Flanks of Mount Hood

While most of the West Coast has been focusing on the prospect of a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake known as the Big One, geologists at Portland State University have been studying a completely different network of fault lines.

An Oregon Episcopal School Parent Wanted to Write About the 1986 Mount Hood Tragedy That Claimed Nine Lives. The Prep School Said No.