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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Lane County and a volunteer auxiliary group, the Lane County Sheriff Mounted Posse, were sued in federal court Tuesday over allegations of racial profiling, assault and civil rights violations. -
Rep. Val Hoyle, a Democrat from Springfield, said the bill will reduce the state’s access to healthcare and imperil Oregon’s efforts to address climate change. -
The Eugene City Council officially started the search for a new city manager Wednesday by unanimously choosing a professional search firm. Current city manager Sarah Medary will retire at the end of the year. -
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has pledged to fight back against a new round of threats to withhold federal funding from public schools. -
Eugene 4J School District’s new superintendent is on the job, as of this week. -
Springfield City Council unanimously voted to send an expanded fire levy to the ballot Monday in hopes of recovering the true cost of providing fire service. -
Eugene City Council approves its next two year budget Monday, staving off large cuts to library and animal services by raising stormwater fees. Reductions to some other services are still planned. -
Springfield City Council has approved next year’s budget. The new spending plan includes nearly $1.4 million in cuts. -
A new collaboration between PeaceHealth, Eugene transitional housing community Everyone Village and other groups will provide 10 recovery cottages and a clinic for people without a safe place to go after surgery. -
Lane County has a new sheriff. Carl Wilkerson, a thirty-year veteran with the Lane County Sheriff’s Department, was sworn in Wednesday.
