Chris M Lehman
News DirectorChris Lehman has been reporting on Oregon issues since 2006. He joined the KLCC news department in December, 2018 and became News Director in March, 2023. Chris was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and graduated from Temple University with a degree in journalism. His public broadcasting career includes stops in Louisiana and Illinois. Chris has filed for national programs including “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered.”
Chris has been to all 50 states and every Canadian province. He’s also traveled abroad extensively, though his current favorite place to be is at home with his wife, three children, and a handful of backyard chickens.
-
Despite a mid-September warm-up, cooler weather is rapidly approaching. And that means social service agencies are looking ahead to the need to provide shelter for unhoused people on cold winter nights. -
Eugene could be electing a new mayor next year.
-
The Springfield Police Department said one of its officers was struck by a bullet fired by a suspect Thursday morning.
-
Eugene drivers may be excused if they think the city is being visited by a series of dignitaries Wednesday.
-
Eugene-area residents apparently heeded a request to reduce their electricity consumption during this month’s triple-digit heat wave.
-
The closure would leave Eugene without a hospital, although two options exist in nearby Springfield.
-
The University of Oregon Board of Trustees voted unanimously this Friday afternoon to leave the Pac-12 athletic conference and join the Big Ten.
-
Lane Community College says a false alarm that led to a campus-wide lockdown in February shows the need for security improvements.
-
For the second time in three years, the North Umpqua River and its tributaries will be closed to all fishing for several months.
-
Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped for the fifth consecutive month in June.
