Dan Haggerty and
Cristin Severance say they’re leaving Portland, Ore. NBC affiliate KGW to join WRAL in Raleigh, N.C. in October.
Saying he loves “this city, its people, and KGW…” Haggerty, who is an evening anchor, told viewers on Facebook that the married couple is making the move because “Covid changed our perspectives on what’s most important.”
“I’ll be an investigative reporter and documentary producer,” said Severance who is an investigative reporter at KGW, while Haggerty “will be an anchor.”
“The pandemic separation has really affected people in so many ways,” KGW news director
Greg Retsinastold The Oregonian. “They have two young boys, and their entire family is back on the East Coast.”