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 ...

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 ...

A federal judge Wednesday sided with St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in its challenge of zoning restrictions in the city of Brookings that limited the number of days the church could operate its soup ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Almost two years after advocating for the city of Portland to drop its plans to limit the number of free meals that volunteers could serve to the hungry in public parks, a Portland civil rights ...

An Oregon church is suing the city of Brookings, Oregon, over limits the local government has imposed on how often it can serve free meals to the poor. A federal lawsuit filed Friday by St. Timothy's ...