Rebecca Hansen-White
ReporterRebecca Hansen-White joined the KLCC News Department in November 2023. She started her journalism career in print, first as an editorial assistant at her hometown paper, The Dayton Chronicle in Southeast Washington. She spent the 2017 legislative session at the Washington Statehouse as a correspondent for The Columbia Basin Herald newspaper. She moved to The Spokesman-Review newspaper in Spokane in 2018, covering local government and criminal justice issues. She started her public radio career in 2021 as a reporter, and fill-in host for Spokane Public Radio where she covered healthcare, rural communities and environmental issues.
Rebecca studied journalism and political science at Washington State University and enjoys collecting vintage records, and spending time with her husband and cat Iris.
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The Eugene community got its first look at potential budget cuts at a 4J school board meeting Wednesday night. -
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it has followed Eugene and Springfield’s lead and canceled its contract with automatic license plate camera company Flock Safety. -
The garbage hauler that handles Springfield’s trash, Sanipac, has not paid millions of dollars in fees it owes to Lane County, according to the county. -
Eugene’s Police Chief says his department does not work with immigration enforcement, and his officers, even when wearing plain clothes, will identify themselves when asked. -
Community members in Eugene and Springfield have raised concerns for months about privacy, and potential federal abuse of the data Flock Safety automatic license plate reader cameras collect. -
The Oregon Coast Humane Society has bought its Florence property – which it previously rented from the county - for $500. The purchase, which Lane County commissioners unanimously approved Tuesday, is the first step in a planned, long-term expansion. -
Springfield City Council will soon vote on a pay increase for its city manager, Nancy Newton. -
The Oregon Department of Agriculture is taking precautions after an outbreak of a serious strain of Equine Herpes at barrel racing and rodeo events in Texas and Oklahoma. -
The free, pilot bus route offers four departures on weekdays and connects McMinnville, Amity, Rickreall, Monmouth, Adair Village, Corvallis, Monroe, Junction City, and Eugene. -
Lane County and Eugene are losing around 60 homeless shelter beds. One shelter in Eugene that provides longer-term services could close entirely.
