PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A federal judge has ruled that the City of Brookings cannot place a limit on the number of days local churches feed the hungry. On March 27, U.S. Magistrate Mark Clarke ruled ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice are throwing their support behind a church in the southern Oregon coastal town of Brookings that was told by city officials to curtail ...

The city of Brookings’ council voted this week to pay a total of $418,000 for St. Timothy Episcopal Church’s legal fees after the church successfully challenged the city’s zoning restrictions that ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in U.S. District Court on Nov. 21 stating that an ordinance passed by the City of Brookings in 2021, which limits ...

A federal judge has stopped a southern Oregon city’s attempt to shut down a church's homeless meal service, ultimately ruling against the city government in a key First Amendment case. U.S. Magistrate ...

BROOKINGS, Ore. — An Oregon church has won its court battle to allow it to keep feeding homeless people. It's something they've been doing for more than a decade, but the city of Brookings tried to ...

The city of Brookings, located on the Southern Oregon Coast, is being sued after the local government passed an ordinance last fall that prohibited St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church from serving more ...

Brookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, with a population of 6,413. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 87.10% of residents identify as white, 1.20% as Black or ...

The Episcopal Diocese of Oregon and St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church are suing the city of Brookings, Oregon, after the city passed an ordinance in October limiting the number of times they could ...

SALEM, Ore. — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) intervened in a federal lawsuit filed by a Brookings, Oregon church over fines the city threatened to imposebecause of homeless services historically ...

(RNS) — An Oregon church is suing the coastal city of Brookings, arguing that an ordinance restricting the church’s meal program for the unhoused violates its right to religious freedom. St. Timothy’s ...