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Oregon’s mask mandate may be lifted earlier than expected, according to OHA Mirella Barrera-Betancourt | Staff Writer Big news may be coming to Oregon in response to recent COVID-19 safety updates. According to a data scientist at Oregon Health & Science...

Places you can get your booster shot in and around Monmouth Mollie Herron | News Editor Western hosted a vaccine clinic on Feb. 11 at Gentle House to give students who needed it their COVID-19 booster shot. They offered Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson...

House Bill 4151 would allow drivers to pump their own gas in Oregon Mollie Herron | News Editor The 2022 legislation session started in Oregon at the beginning of February, and a new bill is being introduced. House Bill 4151 would allow drivers in Oregon to choose to...

Wolves give back for 2022 Giving Day Mirella Barrera-Betancourt | Staff Writer March 1 marks this year’s Giving Day, or “Howl from the Heart,” Western’s annual day of giving. During this 24-hour period, students, faculty and alumni come together in solidarity to make...

Western’s Triangle Alliance holds their winter term Red and Black Ball Mirella Barrera-Betancourt | Staff Writer On Feb. 11, Western’s Triangle Alliance hosted the Red and Black Ball, an event which celebrates the decades-long tradition of promoting health and...

2022–23 IFC budgeting process begins after a late start Mikayla Coleman| Managing Editor and Interim News Editor On Feb. 2, the Incidental Fee Committee met to begin hearing budget presentations for the 2022–23 school year. Abby’s House, the Food Pantry, Childcare...

President Biden relaunches program to improve cancer research efforts Mikayla Coleman | Managing Editor and Interim News Editor On Feb. 2 the Biden-Harris Administration announced the relaunch of the Cancer Moonshot. Originally released in 2016 when Biden was vice...

DeafBlind community develops language that does not require sight or hearing Mirella Barrera-Betancourt | Staff Writer The Pacific Northwest is the birthplace for one of the biggest language advances for the DeafBlind community. The language, named protactile, was...

Western continues phase 2 of construction on Monmouth Avenue

Mikayla Coleman | News Editor