Karen Richards
Reporter and HostKaren Richards joined KLCC as a volunteer reporter in 2012, and became a freelance reporter at the station in 2015. In addition to news reporting, she’s contributed to several feature series for the station, earning multiple awards for her reporting.
Beginning in 2022, Richards also fills in as a host on KLCC’s news magazines.
Richards has a background in editing and publishing, and has worked for magazines and book publishers, as well as doing some unconventional freelance writing, such as constructing crossword puzzles and producing playing cards.
When she’s not near a microphone, Karen might be holding a macro-lens camera, taking photos of insects.
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No. 2 Oregon plays Boise State with Dante Moore under center, while Oregon State faces Houston under new head coach JaMarcus Shephard as a revamped Pac-12 era begins. -
Efforts to expand habitat for the threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly on the central Oregon Coast are finding support from a seldom-used resource: local property owners. -
Eugene's Hayward Field is set to host the World Athletics U20 Championships in August, bringing 2,000 international track and field athletes and staff to Oregon. -
South Eugene Meadows Park, a new section of Eugene's Ridgeline Trail system, is now open, after more than a decade of planning. -
Oregon state parks are offering free parking permits at 82 libraries statewide to help offset recent fee increases. Check with your local branch before planning a trip. -
The sheer number of ticks in Lane County is higher this year because of a milder winter. But there are ways to prevent tickborne diseases. -
McKenzie River floodplain projects use heavy machinery and thousands of logs to improve water quality, restore wildlife habitat and help buffer wildfires. -
Nearly three years since the Lookout Fire tore through the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest near Blue River Reservoir in eastern Lane County, scientists are finding surprising opportunities in the ashes. -
David Handy's Oregon State University laboratory is conducting NASA-funded studies to determine the viability of growing potatoes on the moon. -
This year, the University of Oregon began holding informal gatherings to honor trees marked for removal.
