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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The shop’s stock of outdoors gear, books, bike mechanics and knowledge has made it a mainstay on Highway 58. -
Oregon's unemployment rate holds at 5.2% as a shrinking labor force suggests baby boomer retirements are picking up pace. State economists explain the shift. -
EWEB commissioners voted to design a $392 million water treatment plant on the Willamette River to ensure regional backup supply and allow repairs on its 76-year-old primary facility. -
Crews were called up by the Oregon State Fire Marshal to help with the 12,000-acre East Evans Creek Fire. -
Staffing to increase as federal law dictates increased timber harvesting on BLM land nationwide. -
The permits were twice denied by staff for various reasons, including encroaching on a 100-foot setback of the river. -
A building permit for the land will appear before the Lane County Board of Commissioners on July 7. County staff have rejected it twice already, and people ranging from neighbors to state employees object. -
Cascadia Wildlands has filed a federal lawsuit against the BLM over an Oregon timber sale, claiming a legal loophole could void every local agency timber contract issued since 2016. -
The early-Saturday fire left the restaurant too damaged to operate and the owner wondering about its future. -
Outside Magazine ranked Oakridge, Oregon, fifth among the best U.S. mountain biking towns, praising its 300 miles of old-growth forest trails and tourism culture.
