Mt. Hood Community College’s annual Campus and Community Resource Fair has once again filled the Main Mall with representatives from over 40 resources and organizations. Resources from both the school itself and those from the surrounding community, such as the Library, Campus Safety, Legal Services, Civic Engagement, Oregon Department of Human Services, Goodwill’s Job Connection and Student Apprenticeship. Those were just a few of the resources present on Oct. 8, 2026, but c

Mt. Hood Community College had a head start with their orientation in early September, welcoming over 400 new Saints to campus.

Morgan McCarraher The Advocate Most people do not think much about their local paper on an ordinary day. It is there, quietly doing its work: reporting on meetings, highlighting achievements, documenting decisions and recording the life of the community. Like many institutions that function well, it fades into the background. Until it doesn’t. Across the country, communities are learning what happens when local journalism weakens or disappears. The change is rarely dramatic