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A Christian youth ministry group is experiencing financial woes causing “irreparable injury” after an Oregon government agency conditioned critical funding on whether it would hire people who do not conform to the nonprofit’s deeply held religious beliefs, according to the allegations in court. The Oregon-based Christian ministry group – 71Five Ministries – is currently grappling with a large deficit in …

On Sept. 3, 2016, Justin Alexander Shetler was traveling in the Parvati Valley of India, carryingnothing more thana walking stick he turned into a flute and a woolen wrap. The Oregon nativewas never seenagain. Now,thecase of the missing survivalist is being explored in the Tenderfoot TV podcast “Status: Untraced.”It is hostedby Liam Luxon, who aims tofind outwhat happened to the …

Oregonians who are fed up with the blue state’s policies are seeking to relocate the Beaver State’s border to neighboring Idaho, where the red state policies “actually match their values.” The Greater Idaho Movement’s Executive Director, Matt McCaw, told Fox News Digital that the movement to shift Oregon’s border 200 miles west was created to bridge the growing “tug of …

People living and working in Portland, Oregon, told Fox News Digital they hope the ousting of their progressive district attorney will end what they view as a permissive attitude toward crime. “They wanted law and order,” former Portland news videographer Andy Chandler said of voters’ decision. “They didn’t want this kind of hollow, empty gesture concept of law and order …

An Oregon Democrat who recently won a congressional primary was behind a progressive criminal justice reform bill in the state legislature backed by defund-the-police groups that critics say would have made the community less safe. Janelle Bynum, an Oregon state representative who owns multiple McDonald’s franchises, was the chief sponsor of HB 2002 in the state legislature in 2021 which …

Journalists and political commentators celebrated news that voters in Multnomah County, Oregon, which includes Portland, ousted incumbent District Attorney Mike Schmidt and replaced him with a former Republican on Wednesday. “It’s official: Portland got the Schmidt kicked out of it!” Portland-based journalist Andy Ngo wrote. “Soros-funded [Schmidt] has finally conceded after the surge of last-minute ballots failed to help him …

Former President Trump’s clout in contested GOP primaries and contests pitting one Republican against another remains unrivaled. The candidates the presumptive GOP presidential nominee was backing in two closely watched congressional showdowns from coast to coast on Tuesday came out on top. Meanwhile, progressives took a drubbing from more moderate or establishment-backed candidates in high-profile Democratic congressional primaries in reliably …

Maxine Dexter won the Democratic Primary in Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating a crowded field of progressives that included the sister of Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal. Dexter won the primary to replace outgoing Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer, who had served in Congress since 1996, in a district covering much of Portland, Oregon, which is reliably blue …

A centrist district attorney candidate in Oregon has ousted his incumbent progressive opponent after running on a tough-on-crime platform. Nathan Vasquez previously served as a deputy prosecutor to Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. Vasquez won Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary election after returns showed him receiving more than 50% of the vote. Vasquez, who was endorsed by several police groups, said …

An Air Force veteran who touts her national security experience has won the Republican primary in one of deep-blue Oregon’s more competitive House races. Attorney and former Air Force Col. Monique DeSpain will now take on incumbent Democrat Rep. Val Hoyle, who represents Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, in the November general election as Republicans hope to increase their narrow majority …