Rachael McDonald
News Director | KLCCRachael McDonald is News Director at KLCC. She’s been with the station for more than 10 years. Previously, she established the Richland, Washington bureau for the Northwest News Network. She also worked as News Director at KAZU in Monterey, California. Rachael has won numerous awards for her reporting.
Rachael was named KLCC News Director in June, 2018. From July, 2018 through January, 2019 Rachael served as KLCC's interim Program Director . Rachael has a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Oregon.
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Oregon State University is constructing a wave energy testing facility off the Oregon Coast. Weather permitting, some of that work will be visible from shore this month. -
The whales regularly travel up and down the west coast in search of food.
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Officials say this is the first finding of the highly pathogenic illness in wild birds in Oregon.
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The documentary is about a lawsuit 21 young people filed against the federal government over climate change.
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The American Red Cross and Bloodworks Northwest say there’s an unprecedented shortage of lifesaving blood in the region. Oregon’s senior U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is calling for a rule change to make more people eligible to give blood.
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The troops arrive next week at Lane County hospitals.
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The Omicron variant has not yet been detected in Oregon
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Over the weekend, Oregon surpassed 300,000 confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, according to the Oregon Health...
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Eugene 4J and Bethel School Districts have opted-in to a voluntary weekly testing program for COVID-19. It’s administered by the University of Oregon.
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Ed Whitelaw, who taught economics at the University of Oregon for more than 50 years and founded the prestigious consulting firm EcoNorthwest , has died...
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One of Oregon’s largest wineries has told its workers they must show proof they’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine by May 20th . Many workplaces are...
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The first doses of the newly-approved vaccine will be given to health care workers exposed to COVID-19 patients.
