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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Pass Creek Covered Bridge in Drain now has a national historic place designation. It is one of, if not the oldest covered bridge in Oregon. -
Drain’s mayoral race features two officeholders, both of whom see a need to grow the city’s economic base as a way to ensure services and draw in retail businesses -
The Eugene brewery will continue making beer beyond its 20th anniversary thanks to a soon-to-be public agreement to share a brewing facility. -
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield has sued SFW Construction for allegedly blocking negative online reviews and violating consumer rights. -
The Cottage Grove Sentinel has been published by several owners since it was first published in 1889.
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The event is meant to offer job seekers and employers a more targeted experience -
The health insurance provider has announced four rounds of layoffs since September 2025. -
Lane County Commissioners gave staff instructions on what they would like to see in an ordinance that would prevent limitations on public disclosures when a company seeks to build an industrial building in the county. -
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The district encompasses most of Linn County and a portion of Marion County. -
The latest state jobs report shows continued growth in Oregon’s leading sector, healthcare, but also shows a boost in two sectors that have waned in recent years.
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