Seminary graduate Ben Sand is using his 20 years of experience in social entrepreneurship to launch the Certificate in Community Initiatives program at Portland Seminary by Audrey Grice George Fox University, Ben Sand’s passion is social entrepreneurship. Since 2005, he’s been starting programs dedicated to addressing systemic issues like foster […]

By Portland Archdiocese, Press Release, Ascend, formerly the Catholic Schools Endowment Foundation (CSEF), provided $971,000 in tuition assistance and hardship funding for the 2025-26 school year, helping more than 500 students attend Archdiocese of Portland elementary schools across western Oregon. For many families, the desire to provide a Catholic education […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation If students are skipping school, do you change the rules, so they aren’t required to attend? Oregon Department of Education officials submitted a proposal to the state Senate that recommended repealing compulsory attendance in a state with among the highest student absentee rates—nearly a […]

Oregon Right to Life Celebrates Fourth Anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson By Oregon Right to Life, Salem, Ore — Today, June 24, 2026, marks the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision in Dobbs v. Jackson. The landmark ruling overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, […]

Oregon Faith News Note: This is a re-occurring story in Oregon where a man convicted of distributing child pornography is arrested, given a light sentence and released only to be re-arrested later. Below is the statement from the Oregon U.S. Attorney office. Corvallis Man Sentenced to Almost 20 Years in […]

By Faith News Note: A man is accused of attacking a Christian woman in Southeast Portland because of her faith and attributed her injuries to evil burning from the inside. The suspect, 32-year-old Mahamat Noh, a Muslim, denies attacking the woman but faces charges of menacing, harassment, and first- and […]

The former CEO of Starbucks takes the time to visit with students – and ask them questions – during a recent visit to George Fox University by Ana Rodriguez George Fox University, Recently, I got the honor of being nominated to join a group of students for lunch with Jim […]

By Tawny Sportsman, May 26, 2026 NW Adventist, The annual Oregon Prayer Conference, held March 20–22, 2026, was shaping up to be extraordinary. However, a week before the conference, the coordinating team received a call that changed everything. For 14 months, attendees eagerly anticipated the arrival of Pavel Goia, well-known […]

Photo credit: Portland Archdiocese By Archdiocese of Portland Press Release, . More than 5,000 Catholics representing a wide array of ethnic communities gathered on June 7 to accompany the Blessed Sacrament through Portland, Oregon—one of America’s least religious cities—in a public act of devotion and a witness to the Church’s […]

By Oregon Division of Financial Regulation, Press Release, Salem – In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (DFR) urges Oregonians to watch for signs of elder financial exploitation. The International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World […]