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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People who work with veterans worry disruption at the federal level could make the already daunting process of accessing healthcare and benefits more difficult.KLCC spoke with the family member of a veteran who said their benefits had been impacted. -
Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner said at a Friday press conference that his department is still investigating whether these suspects are linked to nearly two dozen similar burglaries targeting local Asian American business owners over the last year. -
City Council members said recent efforts to deploy National Guard troops in Portland, and aggressive federal immigration enforcement tactics made them nervous about continuing to use a new surveillance technology. -
Springfield Police may be the next local law enforcement agency to get a military-style armored vehicle. -
Special education teacher Sally Golden was celebrated by her own students Friday, as well as Two Rivers Dos Rios Elementary School students during a surprise ceremony. -
At least two Republicans are running to represent Oregon’s 4th Congressional District seat, including a candidate who lost her bid last year. -
The Oregon Health Authority will soon start the process to search for a new insurance provider for more than 90,000 low-income Lane County PacificSource members. The agency must decide whether to allow a new insurer to move in, or let the remaining company, Trillium Community Health, take over health coverage for low-income residents. -
Oregon Rep. Val Hoyle blames Republicans and the Trump administration for the government shutdown, accusing them of targeting blue states and risking healthcare access in Oregon. Sen. Merkley warns rural hospitals could suffer. -
Springfield Police have finished installing 24 AI-powered license plate readers, but the department says it won’t turn them on until the city has a community conversation about the technology. -
Ahead of a potential federal government shutdown, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle says she plans to hold the line with the rest of her party for a Republican compromise on healthcare.
