Archives

March 8, 2026 - Abortion bill passes the Legislature

Oregon Legislature Passes Bill Creating Permanent State Taxpayer Funding for Oregon Planned Parenthood  By Oregon Right to Life, SALEM, Ore. — Pro-abortion Oregon lawmakers on Friday passed House Bill 4127 to require the Oregon Health Authority to adopt a mechanism to fund the state’s Planned Parenthood facilities on an ongoing […]


March 5, 2026 - Rediscovering faith hero Phillis Wheatley (Oregon 250)

The United States Postal Service just released this year their new postage stamp and it features the amazing historical figure Phillis Wheatley.  Mrs. Wheatley was an African American poet during the Revolutionary War. At the same time the United States Postal Service released these stamps, the Oregon 250 Resolution honoring […]


March 3, 2026 - Protecting food benefits from theft

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Press Release U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Bill Cassidy, R-La., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced their bipartisan, bicameral Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act to boost security of electronic SNAP benefit cards amid a sharp rise in theft by hackers and scammers. Representatives Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., […]


March 1, 2026 - 9th Circuit affirms injunction protecting religious hiring policies

By Barran Leibman Law, February 19, 2026 Last month, a 3-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction prohibiting the enforcement of the Washington Law Against Discrimination (“WLAD”) against the Union Gospel Mission of Yakima (“Union Gospel”). The panel based its decision on the “church […]


February 25, 2026 - Oregon Catholic: Largest Rite of Election of 2026

By Portland Archdiocese, On Sunday, February 22, Archbishop Alexander Sample addressed 615 catechumens and candidates who are preparing to enter the Catholic Church this Easter, part of more than 1,600 across western Oregon. In his Lenten homily, the Archbishop reflected on the ancient roots of the Rite of Election, the […]


February 23, 2026 - We risk becoming a rich fool

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Oregon headquartered ministry Jesus said, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions” (Luke 12:15, NIV). The last portion of this verse is rendered this way in different translations: Your true life is […]


February 18, 2026 - Albany Church hosts Kenyan Mission Sabbath

By Jeanie Hooper Reed NW Adventist, Oct. 18, 2025 was a high day of worship, prayer and mission stories at Albany Adventist Church. Anita and Barry Jepson, special guests from MaraVision Outreach, a project for evangelism in Kenya, shared their experiences. During the church service, Anita told of her first […]


February 15, 2026 - Grant to boost Portland ‘Stories of Hope’

Multi-Year Lilly Endowment Grant to Amplify University of Portland ‘Stories of Hope’ By University of Portland,   “Hope”—the first word in the University of Portland Strategic Plan and the anchor of its mission and values—just became the focus of a four-year story campaign.Bell Tower Cross against a beautiful sunset sky […]


February 11, 2026 - People rally for farmer after fire

By Oregon Family Farm Association, The Oregon Coast dairy community rallied around a Tillamook goat farmer, raising $15,000, after a barn fire killed 21 baby goats, according to eDairyNews. The early morning fire in LeRoy Satter’s barn also destroyed the building and damaged equipment with total losses estimated at nearly […]


February 9, 2026 - When we abuse our abundance

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Oregon headquartered ministry Jesus said, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions” (Luke 12:15, NIV). The last portion of this verse is rendered this way in different translations: – Your true life is not made […]