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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Corps managers say they have already been preparing for the effects of low snowpack after a warm winter in Oregon. -
Two current officeholders have large leads, while a third appears headed for a run-off. -
The Eugene shop’s new owners talk about taking over, the switch from employee to owner, and how bicycle shops are doing in the current economic climate. -
The report said Springfield School District’s K-5 curricula for science and social science do not meet standards set in 2020. -
Augusta Brands will shutter its Pacific Headwear custom-embroidered hat facility, with a limited number of employees being offered transfers. -
The lawsuit claims that the cutting of these old-growth trees is against federal rules, and that a defendant had promised a judge the trees would not be cut. -
Some electricity customers along the McKenzie River east of Springfield will be receiving bills from a new utility company this month. The move will help the area’s other utility, Lane Electric Cooperative, create more resilient infrastructure. -
The two Democrats said Congress has failed to fully prepare the U.S. Forest Service for what is expected to be a severe wildfire season. -
The General Services Administration issued a single-source contract in early April to build a barrier around the Federal building in Eugene. -
A look at how big the area’s tourism economy is, when people visit, and how to grow the industry.
