Johanna Bejarano
Bilingual Multi-Platform Journalist at Northwest Public Broadcasting
Central Washington Reporter at @NWPBroadcasting. I am always looking for extraordinary stories to voice communities. Opinions here are my own RTs ≠ endorsement.
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3 weeks ago |
nwpb.org | Johanna Bejarano
The City of Sunnyside is expected to have a new interim city manager appointed after placing its current one on administrative leave, citing an investigation. The city council voted 5-2 to put Mike Gonzalez on non-disciplinary, paid administrative leave during a study meeting on Monday, June 2. The Council upheld its decision two days later during a special meeting Wednesday. Gonzalez’s leave lasts 30 days.
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1 month ago |
nwpb.org | Johanna Bejarano
En el sureste de Washington, el Concejo de Richland aprobó la firma de una carta sobre la participación de deportistas transgénero en el deporte femenino. El Concejo debatió la carta a petición de Jerrod MacPherson, administrador del condado de Benton. MacPherson envió un correo electrónico el mes pasado a los alcaldes de Richland, Kennewick, Pasco y West Richland, así como a los comisionados del condado de Franklin, solicitando su apoyo.
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1 month ago |
nwpb.org | Johanna Bejarano
In southeastern Washington, the Richland City Council approved signing a letter addressing the participation of transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports.The council discussed the letter at the request of Jerrod MacPherson, a county administrator for Benton County. MacPherson emailed the mayors of Richland, Kennewick, Pasco and West Richland as well as the commissioners of Franklin county, asking for their support last month.
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1 month ago |
nwpb.org | Johanna Bejarano |Phineas Pope |Renee Diaz
By Johanna Bejarano, Renee Diaz and Phineas Pope https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/050225_JB_MP3_MayDay-in-Yakima_WRAP.mp3May Day in YakimaIn Yakima, hundreds gathered at Miller Park for a May Day event. A rally and a march were held, which brought together families, workers and advocates. It commemorated International Workers’ Day, but people also expressed dissatisfaction with the Trump administration.
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2 months ago |
spokanepublicradio.org | Johanna Bejarano |Doug Nadvornick |Steve Jackson |Owen Henderson
Federal funding cuts cause Head Start suspensionsMore than 400 children in Central Washington are without educational support services after federal funding never arrived. Inspire Development Centers is located in Sunnyside, Washington. The organization offers early childhood education programming to low-income children through various centers in Central Washington. They receive federal funding through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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I loved doing this story. Don Gabriel is an inspiration to others who want to become citizens and express their voices through voting. @NWPBroadcasting
Becoming a citizen and voting for the first time on the same day is unusual. But @jpbejaranob reports Gabriel Gomez of Yakima wasted no time exercising his new right to vote. https://t.co/MkG33dy5Wo
“The key rule should apply when temperatures reach 75 not 89," says Alfredo Cortes, a farmworker in Skagit County. "Because to everybody in the community, 75 is already hot, but to us in the field, 75 feels like 90 or 100 degrees." https://t.co/DAkcgq1Vxj
As @lniwa develops permanent rules to protect WA's outdoor workers from extreme heat, farmworkers in Central WA have mixed opinions on the regulations. Many are caught between either working in dangerous (even fatal) heat, or losing valuable hourly wages." https://t.co/O5GrPfcaXX
