Zac Ziegler
ReporterZac Ziegler joined KLCC in May 2025. He began his career in sports radio and television before moving to public media in 2011. He worked as a reporter, show producer and host at stations across Arizona before moving to Oregon. He received both his bachelors and masters degrees from Northern Arizona University.
Zac has received numerous Public Media Journalists Association, regional Edward R. Murrow and Arizona Press Club awards as well as a Rocky Mountain regional Emmy. He’s filed stories for national programs including All Things Considered, Here and Now, Morning Edition and The Indicator from Planet Money, and has appeared on the BBC Radio 4 and the CBC.
Zac likes getting outside, be it on a bike, hiking trail or in the snow. But he’s also happy spending time at home with his wife, daughter and three dogs. He’s an avid basketball fan and enjoys cooking and a good jam session.
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With forecasts calling for another warm winter, concern about a second year of low snowpack arises.
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Eugene Police tell KLCC that the alert was intended to go only to the area around a SWAT operation.
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A six-mile stretch of the trail was closed after the new owner of the land declined access to hikers.
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The company 3D prints custom and standard body parts that respond in realistic ways to surgery.
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Councilors closed a special meeting Monday night without a vote on taking a stance for or against the ballot measure.
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The newspaper served several communities along the scenic 87-mile highway.
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Eugene credit union OCCU plans to sell its Chad Drive headquarters to neighboring Costco as it transitions to a remote workforce model, easing parking and traffic near the warehouse.
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Power lines in the south and southwestern hills of Eugene will stay in wildfire safety settings until wildfire season is declared over.
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YMCA contacted Eugene Police, who investigated and made no arrests.
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Projects will help lower home prices to affordable levels or create affordable rentals for people who meet certain criteria.