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Karen Richards
Reporter and HostKaren Richards joined KLCC as a volunteer reporter in 2012, and became a freelance reporter at the station in 2015. In addition to news reporting, she’s contributed to several feature series for the station, earning multiple awards for her reporting.
Beginning in 2022, Richards also fills in as a host on KLCC’s news magazines.
Richards has a background in editing and publishing, and has worked for magazines and book publishers, as well as doing some unconventional freelance writing, such as constructing crossword puzzles and producing playing cards.
When she’s not near a microphone, Karen might be holding a macro-lens camera, taking photos of insects.
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A forest road near Oakridge is on track to be designated as an Oregon Scenic Bikeway.
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University of Oregon field athlete Jaida Ross is headed to the Olympics this week.
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A small nonprofit in rural Douglas County is a key player in monarch butterfly research and conservation on the West Coast.
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The Public Safety Power Shutoff is a little-used method meant to keep electrical equipment from sparking a wildfire, but it’s one Oregonians should prepare for.
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The University of Oregon's Jaida Ross is going to Paris.
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Day four of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for track and field in Eugene Monday had some thrills and some upsets.
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Eugene hosts the Olympic Track and Field Trials starting tomorrow. The eight-day competition determines who will represent Team USA in Paris in August.
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The Oregon Department of Forestry has received a game-changing sum in federal funding for urban and community forest programs.
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There was yet another wolverine encounter on the Oregon Coast late last week.
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The best collegiate track and field athletes are set to compete in Eugene this week.