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Service every Friday at 7:00 pm

Pastors Jerry & Annie Gutierrez would like to invite you for Service every Friday at 7:00 pm, doors open at 6pm.

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So long as city council approves the contract on Wednesday, the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center will be breathing new life by the first week in August. Ethos, the growing music and arts nonprofit lead by founder and director Charles Lewis, will be taking charge of the financially defunct theater and arts organization after winding down much of its operations in May

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Victims still viewed by many in justice system as criminals

Slavery is alive and well in Oregon, according to United States Attorney Dwight Holton. Last week, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners called in a variety of law enforcement officers, prosecutors and victims' advocates to commemorate Human Trafficking Awareness Month. But critics say the contradiction in how the law treats sex workers as criminals when they reach adulthood makes finding workable solutions difficult ...

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Multnomah County officials this week announced new purchasing guidelines mandating green values, recycled materials and employee health.

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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- The soldiers came in the middle of the night, pounding on the door with the butts of their rifles until Richard Kitumba and his brother were too frightened to stay hidden inside.

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Rural counties drive jump in sad statistic

Along with its production of grass seed, hazelnuts and Christmas trees, Oregon is becoming a national leader of a different kind.
The state's foreclosure rate unexpectedly jumped 20 percent in the first quarter, making it No. 3 in the country

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BEND, Ore. (AP) -- It's becoming easier and easier for yurt fans to become yurt campers in Central Oregon.

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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- When Matthew Vilhauer was arrested last summer for riding his bicycle naked, he was wearing a helmet.
But Vilhauer, 43, has agreed to pay a $50 fine for bicycling without a helmet, a civil infraction, to end his criminal case.

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