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Diane Megaw

Diane Megaw is a veteran regional journalist at Daily Tidings, reporting across Southern Oregon and statewide developments from a Medford area lens.
Her coverage spans business and the economy, housing and labor, public safety and courts, with a focus on what policy and legal decisions mean for local communities.
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National Voter ID Bills Could Upend Oregon’s Vote by Mail System

Diane Megaw Mar 22, 2026
Congress is currently debating two bills that would impose national voter identification standards: the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and the SAVE America Act. Both would require voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship…
Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Found Guilty After Victim Warned Friends About Her New Roommate Before Her Death

Diane Megaw Mar 22, 2026
A Clackamas County jury found 33-year-old Bobby Lee Grady Alsup III guilty of murdering his roommate, Kaley Snow, two years ago and desecrating her body on Tuesday. Snow had sent a message to a friend, asking her to look out for the…
News

Portland Weighs 12 Dollar Monthly Transportation Fee as Road Repair Backlog Hits 6.6 Billion Dollars

Diane Megaw Mar 22, 2026
PORTLAND, Ore. — After Portland’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved a proposal to create a Transportation Utility Fee and a Street Damage Restoration Fee last week, the City Council is considering creating two…
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Eugene Emergency Doctors Sue PeaceHealth Over ER Contract Awarded to Out of State Firm

Diane Megaw Mar 21, 2026
EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Emergency Physicians, a group of Lane County doctors, filed a lawsuit against PeaceHealth over a longstanding emergency room staffing supply contract to three local hospitals that was cancelled and awarded to the…
Crime & Courts

Former Home Improvement Star Zachery Ty Bryan Sentenced to 19 Months in Oregon Prison After…

Diane Megaw Mar 21, 2026
Former “Home Improvement” Star Zachery Ty Bryan was sentenced to 19 months in the Oregon Department of Corrections on Friday, after pleading guilty to a probation violation in Lane County court. Bryan has two domestic violence…
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Jackson County Class Action Accuses Asante of Wage Violations Affecting 6,000 Southern Oregon…

Diane Megaw Mar 21, 2026
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A Jackson County Asante Nurse, Juniper Arthurs, is named as the plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against Asante Filed on Wednesday, alleging multiple wage and hour violations affecting thousands of healthcare…
Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Charged After Allegedly Leaving Voicemail Threat to Kill U.S. Senator

Diane Megaw Mar 20, 2026
A Woodburn, Oregon, man, 51-year-old Donald Leroy Smith, Jr., appeared in court yesterday after allegedly threatening to kill a United States Senator. Court documents indicate that, on November 12, 2025, Smith left a voicemail for a US…
News

Oregon Led Coalition Wins Court Order Blocking Trump Effort to Cut Gender Affirming Care

Diane Megaw Mar 20, 2026
A 22-state coalition led by Oregon Attorney General Rayfield secured a federal Court Order yesterday blocking an unlawful attempt by the Trump Administration to pressure healthcare providers into ending care for youth with gender dysphoria.…
News

Federal Lawsuit Seeks Emergency Order to Halt Oregon Gas Tax Referendum Shift to May Primary

Diane Megaw Mar 19, 2026
A federal lawsuit was filed on Tuesday seeking a Temporary Restraining Order to give voters more time to submit arguments for or against moving SB 1599- the Gas Tax referendum- from the November general election ballot to the May primary.…
Environment

Oregon Plants 2 Million Saplings as State Forests Recover From Massive Wildfire Losses

Diane Megaw Mar 18, 2026
Following 1.2 million forest acres being lost to wildfire since 2020, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) planted over 2 million saplings this season to replenish some of the state's timber harvest decimated by wildfire. Over…
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National Voter ID Bills Could Upend Oregon’s Vote by Mail System

Mar 22, 2026

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Mar 22, 2026

Oregon Man Found Guilty After Victim Warned Friends About Her New Roommate Before Her Death

Mar 22, 2026

Portland Weighs 12 Dollar Monthly Transportation Fee as Road Repair Backlog Hits 6.6 Billion Dollars

Mar 22, 2026

Eugene Emergency Doctors Sue PeaceHealth Over ER Contract Awarded to Out of State Firm

Mar 21, 2026

Former Home Improvement Star Zachery Ty Bryan Sentenced to 19 Months in Oregon Prison After Probation Violations

Mar 21, 2026
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