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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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SNAP Benefits Stolen From 41 Coos Bay Residents as Oregon Officials Sound the Alarm

Diane Megaw Nov 14, 2025

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued a consumer alert yesterday after 41 Coos Bay residents reported that their SNAP benefits had been stolen and fraudulently spent outside Oregon since November 8. Suspects install a small device…

Crime & Courts

Portland Grand Jury Declines to Charge Officers After Man Dies in Prone Restraint During Mental…

Diane Megaw Nov 14, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County Grand Jury declined to charge three Portland police officers for the death of 52-year-old Damon Lamarr Johnson after being held in a prone position for four minutes. Responding to reports from security…

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Oregon Immigration Arrests Surge as ICE Detains 16 People in Salem, Including Farmworkers

Diane Megaw Nov 13, 2025

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested sixteen immigrants, including farmworkers, in Salem on Tuesday. Advocates said this is the highest one-day total of immigration arrests in the city for many years. Advocates for…

Crime & Courts

“I Need an Alibi”: Oregon Woman Recorded Plotting Her Husband’s Murder Gets 5 Years in Prison

Diane Megaw Nov 13, 2025

After a two-day Jackson County Circuit Court bench trial on November 4 and 5, 58-year-old Cheryl Ann King was found guilty of soliciting a hitman to murder her husband. She was sentenced to five years in prison. During the bench trial —…

Crime & Courts

Family Files $15 Million Lawsuit Against Portland Security Guard Cleared in Fatal Shooting Outside…

Diane Megaw Nov 12, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of Manuel C. Garza IV, who was fatally shot in a parking lot in Southwest Portland on May 8 filed a wrongful death lawsuit against security guard Eric Salisbury who, despite discharging his weapon during the…

News

Oregon Lawsuit Challenges ICE Detention Practices, Hearing Set for December

Diane Megaw Nov 12, 2025

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken set December 12 as the hearing date in the lawsuit filed by Oregon immigration rights attorneys around the detention rights of people held at the Southwest Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…

News

Medford Seeks Public Input on Main Street Bike Lane Redesign

Diane Megaw Nov 11, 2025

MEDFORD, Ore. — The Medford City Council is seeking community input on design alternatives for Main Street that cater to bicycle access. The City received significant public feedback and concerns after implementing a new Main Street…

Crime & Courts

3 Arrested After Armed Menacing and Police Chase in Medford, Two Stolen Guns Recovered

Diane Megaw Nov 11, 2025

MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford Police officers, including K9 officer Bruno, arrested three suspects- two men and a teenager- Saturday after an armed menacing incident near Crater Lake Avenue and Delta Waters Road, and the vehicle pursuit that…

News

Oregon Is the Second Most Food-Assisted State in America as High Costs Drive SNAP Dependence

Diane Megaw Nov 10, 2025

Because a recent review ranked Oregon, where 18.1% of the population receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, as the US State with the second-highest Food Stamps, it is one of the states where people are more at…

National

Polymarket Predicts Only 16% Chance Trump’s $2,000 Tariff Checks Happen

Diane Megaw Nov 10, 2025

After President Donald Trump announced that he would give a $2,000 check to every American from the tariff revenue collected by the administration, an overwhelming majority of pundits on Polymarket, the world's largest prediction market,…

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