Rachael McDonald
KLCCRachael McDonald is KLCC's All Things Considered host. She also reports on a variety of topics including local government, education, and breaking news. Rachael has a BA in English from the University of Oregon. She started out in public radio as a newsroom volunteer at KLCC in 2000. After reporting for the Northwest News Network and KAZU, Rachael returned to KLCC in 2007 as Morning Edition host and a general assignment reporter covering politics, the environment, education, and the arts. She was KLCC News Director from 2018- 2022.
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The latest numbers show more than 52.2 million day-use visitors — just behind 2021’s historic high of 53 million. -
The Oregon Senate Tuesday passed a bill that would cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month. -
The commercial Dungeness crab season is now underway for part of the Oregon coast. The timing is good for holiday meals. -
Preseason testing has shown the crabs are too low on meat yield in some areas.
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The Oregon Coast Trail is a roughly 400-mile route that follows the coastline from border to border. A plan to better connect pieces of the OCT has just been released. -
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. -
Officials say this is the first finding of the highly pathogenic illness in wild birds in Oregon. -
The documentary is about a lawsuit 21 young people filed against the federal government over climate change. -
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. -
The troops arrive next week at Lane County hospitals. -
The Omicron variant has not yet been detected in Oregon
