JoeHahn has been hired as the first equity, diversity and inclusion coordinator for Benton County.
County officials authorized the position last year, and JoeHahn, who did his undergraduate work at Western Oregon University in Monmouth and also worked at WOU as a resident director, celebrated three weeks on the job Tuesday at a Board of Commissioners goal-setting work session.
JoeHahn uses he/they pronouns and uses a âmononym of my first and last name as one word.â
âMy family has really impacted how I do my work,â JoeHahn said. âI m a biracial, nonbinary gay person. I was adopted, and with divorce and remarriages I have multiple parents, cultures and a lot of siblings. I have a big family spread throughout the country.â
Oregonians could be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine at their local pharmacies as soon as next week.
On Tuesday, the Biden Administration announced the launch of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. It will deliver about a million vaccines directly to about 6,500 pharmacies nationwide to offer to their communities.
Vaccines will be offered at no cost.
Twenty-one national pharmacy chains are participating in the program. Those with Oregon locations include Walgreens, Walmart, Rite-Aid, Fred Meyer, Costco, Health Mart, Albertsons and Safeway, though it’s not certain that all will offer the vaccines in the state.
So far in Oregon, Costco, Fred Meyer, Albertsons and Safeway have said they should soon have the vaccine.
Central Oregonians react to extension of student loan payments freeze
College graduate, OSU-Cascades official weigh in
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The Biden administration has extended the student loan payment moratorium through Sept. 30, affecting the nearly 40 million Americans who owe over $1.5 trillion in student debt.
Declan Hertel of Bend, a graduate of Western Oregon University in Monmouth, said Thursday he feels the payment freeze extension will be a big help. It s been really huge,” Hertel said.
Hertel said he has been paying student loans since he graduated in 2016.
He said he feels fortunate to still have a job during the pandemic that provides him steady income.