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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A man suspected of killing two women and abducting his infant son took his own life along Interstate 5 just north of Eugene, police said Tuesday. -
Eugene is facing a nearly $14 million budget shortfall over the next two years. City leaders are contemplating cutbacks and higher fees for city services. -
City leaders considered feedback from the community, staff and interviews with finalists before voting to hire Nina Vetter. -
Lane County leaders are reassessing their safety policies and how they should interact with the public after a threat earlier this month led the commissioners to hold a meeting online. -
This May, voters will decide whether to renew the Eugene 4J School District’s operations levy. -
Oregon local governments sustained millions of dollars in damage during the January ice storm. Over the weekend President Joe Biden approved federal funding to cover some of those costs. -
The district plans to address hazards, like River Road, by adding more students to bus routes, or adding crossing guards to areas where the district does not have enough drivers to transport additional students. -
Eugene City leaders say despite disruptions in the construction industry, they’ve managed to complete dozens of voter-approved street projects. But, supply chain issues have increased cost and caused projects to overlap. -
An unknown number of Oregon Medical Group patients have been unexpectedly turned away over the last few months. Most were told their primary care provider had left. Many blame the loss of their doctor on the clinic’s out of state owners, and healthcare consolidation. -
For decades, Newport drivers have paid 1 cent a gallon at the pump in the winter and spring and 3 cents in the summer and fall. In May, voters will be asked if they’re willing to pay 5 cents-a-gallon year round.
