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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Several major highways saw downed power lines and trees after gusty winds and heavy rain blew through western Oregon early Wednesday. Much of western Oregon is under a flood watch starting Thursday morning. -
Recent heavy rains have helped fill reservoirs, especially in Washington, but the warm storms have not dropped a lot of snowfall in the mountains, and there is a growing precipitation deficit in southern and central Oregon, further limiting snowpack growth there. -
University of Oregon biology professor Alan Shanks created a way to predict the size of Oregon's Dungeness crab catch by counting baby crabs coming to shore four years prior. -
The Cape Perpetua Visitor Center, south of Yachats along Highway 101, will be closed from Dec. 16 through mid-May for for utility and accessibility upgrades, as well as fresh exhibits. -
Following a consultant's report, advocates for a more vibrant downtown Eugene are using the holiday season to join together and put some new ideas in motion. -
For this weekend’s final regular season college football games, No. 6 Oregon travels to Seattle, and Oregon State travels to Pullman, Washington. -
This fall, risky behavior at high school bonfires in Deschutes County has escalated, and it’s prompted the agency to issue a Public Safety Alert. -
College GameDay returns to Eugene Saturday, as No. 7 Oregon hosts No. 15 USC. It’ll be the first time since 2007 that the ESPN pre-game show visits the Ducks twice in a season. -
Oregon State Parks has completed some large projects, including at Beverly Beach State Park and Silver Falls State Park, and others are on track for 2026, but a few planned improvements, such as a new visitors center and better parking at Smith Rocks State Park, are now on hold. -
A recent Oregon State University study found that the primary cyanotoxin in Detroit Lake suddenly changed in 2018, and the bacteria strain that’s currently dominant lives longer, so harmful blooms may contaminate Detroit Lake for more days, each year.
