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By Brit Allen, The Sandy Standard In this the 60th year of Mt. Hood Community College, the school is celebrating by doing what they do best — connecting with their community.  On Friday, Oct. 30, all are welcome to the college’s Barney’s Boo Bash. From 5:30-8 p.

By Peter Zinn, for The Sandy Standard For Isaac Greening, “nature was never just a backdrop,” but instead was his teacher and identity. At 16, this young man from Sandy has already decided to dedicate his life to “capturing the raw, untold stories of the natural world.” What began as

By Creanna Gallegos, for The Sandy Standard In August, the Hull Foundation and Learning Center hosted a week-long Adaptive Adventure Retreat for 11 blind and low-vision participants. Guests spent the week building confidence and enjoying outdoor recreational activities. The retreat included kayaking on Lacamas Lake, indoor skydiving with

By Daniel Crawford, The Sandy Standard The 2025 4A champion Cascade Cougars (2-0) traveled into town to open the SHS home schedule and stunned the Pioneer faithful with a 42-21 beat down for Sandy’s first loss of the year.   The Cougars won the opening coin toss and

By Daniel Crawford, The Sandy Standard The Sandy Pioneer football team traveled to Sam Barlow for the season opener and left with a decisive 48-21 beat down to begin the 2026 campaign.   Sandy ran for six touchdowns while quarterback Micaiah Turin threw for another touchdown and also ran for

By Tina Hergert, RN, Whole Health Simplified, for The Sandy Standard Hi neighbors! We have covered two of the four drivers behind your health numbers so far, food and movement. This month, let's talk about the habit most of us cut first when life gets busy: sleep. Sleep

By Jules Rogers, The Sandy Standard Pioneer runners are off to a strong start, and hope to drive that success all the way through the season this school year. “Our girls’ team placed first at our district preview,” said Cross-country Coach Dalen Kansala. “The boys had two runners within