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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Fewer than half of Oregon Counties have anything on the ballot in next week’s election. Lincoln and Linn counties have levies the entire county can weigh in on, but Lane County has just a few communities with issues on the ballot. -
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden asked Republicans to negotiate with him and other Democrats on healthcare subsidies Wednesday, citing the skyrocketing premiums many of his constituents face. -
Lane County is the latest local government to sign a contract with AI-license plate reader company Flock Safety. -
Springfield is asking voters to increase the city’s fire levy to provide more dedicated resources for fire services. -
Local law enforcement urged neighbors to look out for each other at an Asian American public safety forum in Eugene Thursday evening, saying they need the entire community’s help to stop a burglary ring. -
Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson says she's been navigating her first year in office while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Knudson is now cancer free and shared her experience with KLCC. -
The company that hopes to someday process Lane County’s organic waste and recyclables opened their doors for a tour recently. -
The Oregon Health Authority says insurer Trillium will take over 90,000 low-income patients served by PacificSource in Lane County. -
In a letter Thursday, Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat, said he supported communities that are reviewing their police departments contract with the company.
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The decision came less than a week after the city council unanimously asked city manager Sarah Medary to pause using the cameras, owned by private company Flock Safety, until they could discuss privacy and civil rights concerns.
