Government Camp News

Back in the fall, the chalet-style rest stop on U.S. 26 in Government Camp was slated for closure by the cash-strapped Oregon Department of Transportation .

Mt. Hood Winter Trails, edited by Mark H. Wigg, cover art by Northwest Art Mall, cartography and graphic layout by Tom Watson.

Between the inaugural Barlow Road Ride scheduled for late August and the increasingly popular Sandy Ridge Trail System, the Mount Hood area is ripe for bicycling tourism.

Dustin Rasmussen, 11, enjoys his day off school in a snow cave during a morning of tubing at Summit Ski Area on Mount Hood at Government Camp.

You really can dog it on this snowshoe outing. The Mt. Hood National Forest is again offering its family friendly hikes accompanied by Heidi, the Saint Bernard that serves as the official mascot and goodwill ambassador at Timberline Lodge.

If such things were completely within my control, every school, health facility, library, police and fire station, hospital, business and household in Clackamas County would receive affordable high-speed broadband access.

Come April, you'll still be able to relieve yourself in Government Camp at the only public rest stop between Sandy and Madras.

Dan Prahl of Government Camp took the top 8K men's spot in the January 22 X-Dog White River Snowshoe Race Dan Prahl of Government Camp and Christy Runde of Brush Prairie, WA took first overall male and female in the 8K race hosted by X-Dog Events at White River Sno-Park on Sunday, January 22.

Repair crews are working overtime on Mount Hood, where several communities have been largely without power for three days.

Crews are dealing with 24 semi-trucks stuck on a stretch of U.S. 26 currently closed near Government Camp .

Forecasters expected one to three feet of new snow in the higher Cascades through Wednesday, and the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Oregon Cascades.