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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Oregon Sues Trump Administration Over USDA Funding Conditions Tied to SNAP and WIC
Oregon Attorney General Rayfield joined 20 other attorneys general in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its unconstitutional and unlawful attempt to impose…

News
Oregon Business Bankruptcies Reach Highest Level Since 2012 as Private Credit Market Tightens Nationwide
After more Oregon businesses filed for bankruptcy last year at the highest rate since 2012, high-cost refinancing has come into the spotlight, as Apollo Debt Solutions…

Public Safety
28 Animals Rescued From Suspected Neglect Case in Lake County, Several Found Dead
28 animals are under the care of Oregon Humane Society staff after the organization, with sheriffs' deputies, conducted an animal neglect investigation on March 18 at a…

Top Stories
National Voter ID Bills Could Upend Oregon’s Vote by Mail System
Congress is currently debating two bills that would impose national voter identification standards: the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and the SAVE…

Crime & Courts
Oregon Man Found Guilty After Victim Warned Friends About Her New Roommate Before Her Death
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.

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Portland Weighs 12 Dollar Monthly Transportation Fee as Road Repair Backlog Hits 6.6 Billion Dollars
After Portland’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved a proposal to create a Transportation Utility Fee and a Street Damage Restoration Fee…

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Eugene Emergency Doctors Sue PeaceHealth Over ER Contract Awarded to Out of State Firm
Eugene Emergency Physicians, a group of Lane County doctors, filed a lawsuit against PeaceHealth over a longstanding emergency room staffing supply contract to three…

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







