Diane Megaw

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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Latest from Diane Megaw

  1. Crime & Courts

    Oregon Man Found Guilty Of Murder in the 2017 Xpose Club Incident

    Jimmy Travon Pierce was found guilty of second-degree murder by a Washington County jury on Wednesday.

  2. News

    456 Multnomah County Deaths Recorded Among Homeless People In 2023

    Multnomah County’s annual Domicile Unknown report, released on Friday, indicated that 456 homeless people died in the county in 2023, 141 more than the number of…

  3. Crime & Courts

    Portland Police Arrest Suspected $900,000 Ferrari Thief

    A Portland Police Public Safety Support Specialist (PS3) responded to a call reporting the theft of a Ferrari supercar from the Northwest District Neighborhood yesterday…

  4. Crime & Courts

    Oregon: 5 People Arrested, Drugs And Money Seized In Focused Police Mission

    The Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) Central Precinct’s Neighborhood Response Team, which includes the Bike Squad, has engaged in a drug interdiction mission that led to…

  5. News

    Pacific Power Awards Grant To ACCESS As Oregon Employees Volunteer To Prep Packages

    Volunteers from Pacific Power, which has over 800,000 customers in Oregon, Washington, and California, lent a helping hand to ACCESS, a Jackson County nonprofit offering…

  6. Crime & Courts

    Medford School Board Member With Sheathed Knife: Charges Not Pursued By DA

    Charges laid in terms of the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 166.370 against Medford School Board member Michael Williams, who allegedly wore a sheathed knife on his belt…

  7. News

    Jackson County Officers Rescue Dirt Bikers Stranded On St John’s Peak

    After receiving an alert through the Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon ECSO 911 Dispatch reporting a group of lost and stranded dirt bikers on John’s Peak…

  8. Events

    Douglas County H.O.P.E. Participants Launch Heart Health Event

    Two prospective graduates of the Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court program have created a New HOPE for Heart Health event in partnership with Safe at Home and FARA that…