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.
Latest from Diane Megaw

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…







