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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Oregon’s senior senator addressed a variety of topics from rural healthcare to reforms that he hopes will happen later this year. -
Haruyama comes to the city after holding the same position in Beaverton and two California cities. -
The studio may sit in a Cottage Grove back yard, but it brings in national recording artists to the small Oregon city. -
Federal data shows most of the state is well below normal snowpack totals, -
An account from the sheriff’s office says that the man who was shot was armed but was the alleged victim of the incident. -
A dry fall means many resorts that typically open in December are only now partially opening. -
The rate stayed flat from September to November, with October data missing due to the federal government shutdown. -
After more than 55 continuous years, the market has helped generations of Oregon artisans and craftspeople. -
The Bureau of Land Management’s state office in Oregon increased its timber sales in 2025, leading to one of its largest years for sales by board-feet and dollars in decades. Sales measured in board-feet and dollars were near-peak for the last 20+ years. -
With the Eugene City Council taking steps towards a change, the head of the firefighters union expresses support.
