Mountain Times Newspaper

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 way to kick off the season.  Another great day was had at the Lan Su Chinese Garden, a

By Marie Kennedy, The Mountain Times When Mountain Times readers last met Rosemary Edstrom Nichols in September 2025, the then-86-year-old powerlifter had returned from Pittsburgh with three world records. Nearly a year later, Nichols celebrated another birthday by returning to the place where her competitive powerlifting journey

Name: Hans Erik Vognild Place of birth: Portland Oregon St Vincent’s How long on the Mountain: 29 years If you were not brought here as a child, what brought you to the Mountain: Trees, rivers, mountains, climbing, wide open spaces, rural lifestyle, clean air, clean water that tastes good,

By Marie Kennedy, The Mountain Times When the musicians gathered for their first performance at the Mount Hood Village Salmon Festival in 1995, they had rehearsed the songs. They just hadn't settled on a name. "When I arrived, there was a whiteboard that said, 'Live Music

By Lion Milt Fox, For The Mountain Times Swimming Lessons! This years Swimming Lessons program was a great success. We had just over 100 students registered, and all made great gains in their swimming and water safety abilities, many swimming the length of the pool. All were presented with a

MCMINNVILLE, OR (07/08/2026)-- Linfield University is pleased to release its newest list of graduates. Following the spring 2026 semester, more than 480 students earned an undergraduate degree, master's degree or certificate from Linfield. The commencement ceremony and pinning ceremony for the School of Nursing were held