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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Church still hopes for permit approval

Written May 31st, 2026 by Hasso Hering

As expected, Northside Christian Church has not given up on its plan to build a church complex in a rural residential neighborhood outside the city limits in North Albany.


Church rejects road-widening condition

Written April 30th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Ahead of a May 5 meeting of the Benton County Planning Commission, the county has published new materials concerning the application by Northside Christian Church to build its church in a 19-acre field on Powers Avenue in rural North Albany.


 
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