US Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today introduced two new pieces of legislation that would impose significant consequences on foreign consulates that help their citizens escape legal accountability within the U.S. Merkley and Wyden’s legislation follows investigative reporting by the Oregonian that found […]

International Christian Concern International Christian Concern (ICC) is inviting all those concerned to sign a letter recognizing a group of brave Muslim men who courageously followed their conscience and duty at great personal risk to thwart the attempted bombing of Virgin Mary and Father Seifin Church in Nasr City, near […]

Oregon Right to Life Press Release, The Portland Tribune and OPB trivialized and distorted Oregon Right to Life’s annual Roe v. Wade Memorial & March in downtown Portland, while other media outlets ignored it entirely. Despite over 1,000 pro-life Oregonians attending, the Portland Tribune described the event as “sparsely-attended” and […]

Oregon Faith News Note, A wife of a U.S. Coast Guard member, Stacey Benson, helped organize a large scale food pantry in Astoria for Coast Guard members who are impacted by the government shutdown.   The pantry was organized by Be the Light and also the MOMS club of Astoria.  The […]

By Jim Miller, Oregon The story is still unfolding but has changed dramatically over the past few hours. CNN has the best analysis so far.  CNN shows that a third group, Hebrew Black activists, as a key part of the event who were extremely provocative.   This represents three different […]

Paul Louis Metzger Multnomah University professor, Director of Institute for the Theology of Culture As is well-documented, many people dread the holiday season. The close of one year and the beginning of another is supposed to be a time of great joy, but it can often be the occasion for […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon There was a time when I could not fully accept any explanation for evil and suffering that didn’t make sense to me, start to finish. However, over the years, and through the process of writing my book If God Is Good, I’ve […]

Nicholas Comerchero Oregon Optimist Blog, More American women are choosing life for their children than ever before, according to the latest government data on abortion. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the US abortion rate fell 26% between 2006 and 2015 to reach an all-time low. […]

Martin Luther King Day Honor Event: Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church of Portland will be having the “Empower the Dream” service and the keynote speaker is Ambassador Attalah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz. Donations of $25.00 for this event to help defray the expenses of the […]

By Jim Miller: The Oregonian has now uncovered five different Saudi Oregon students who have vanished after they were charged for various crimes.  They are believed to have received help from the Saudi Arabia government in their escape from America. These escapes were uncovered by reporter, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, and […]