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Diane Megaw

Newspaper journalist for regional and local press.
Investigating and reporting on business, environmental issues and legal matters.

Crime & Courts

Federal Agents Hunt Arson Suspect in Portland With $10,000 Reward on the Line

Diane Megaw Sep 6, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking for 28-year-old Ronald Watson, a/k/a Sarah Watson, a/k/a Miranda Kyle, a/k/a Emily Smith, of Kennesaw, Georgia, who is wanted on charges of arson and destruction of…

News

Oregon Sells $14 Million Worth of Timber in August, Supporting Hundreds of Western Oregon Jobs

Diane Megaw Sep 5, 2025

Oregon’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released details of August timber sales yesterday, revealing that 55.1 million board feet of timber across 2,281 public acres were sold for $14,343,372 over nine Western Oregon timber sales.…

Crime & Courts

Medford Man Arrested in Drive-By Shooting With Bail Set at $1 Million

Diane Megaw Sep 5, 2025

MEDFORD, Ore. — A suspect in the shooting incident in Carnelian Street, Northeast Medford, late July, Joel Matthew Caswell, was arrested Wednesday and has been indicted on several charges, including Unlawful Use of a Weapon. The court…

Crime & Courts

Massive Illegal Marijuana Grow Busted in Josephine County With 11,600 Plants Destroyed

Diane Megaw Sep 4, 2025

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — The Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team (JMET) made further inroads against illegal marijuana grow sites on August 26 when they arrested 33-year-old Richard James Bassett Jr. while executing a search warrant in the…

Crime & Courts

Multi-Agency Task Force in Jackson County Nets Arrests in Child Abuse Material Cases

Diane Megaw Sep 4, 2025

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A Joint Child Exploitation Task Force comprising members of the multi-agency Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team (SOCET) swept across Jackson County yesterday, netting five suspects in multiple unrelated child…

News

Oregon Attorney General Backs Unions In Court Fight Against Trump Executive Order

Diane Megaw Sep 3, 2025

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield confirmed yesterday that the state is standing with Labour Unions in a multi-state coalition of attorneys general in a legal fight to protect union workers’ First Amendment bargaining rights, after a…

News

Labor Day Crowds Across Oregon Protest Trump’s Policies and Call for Worker Rights

Diane Megaw Sep 2, 2025

Thousands of Oregonians across the state called for change during Labor Day marches in several cities, as part of broader initiatives under the No Kings Collective. Portland Labor Day Marches Call For Change Organized by the…

Crime & Courts

Attempted Murder Arrest in Grants Pass After Dispute Leaves Woman Fighting for Life

Diane Megaw Sep 2, 2025

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass Police Department officers arrested 46-year-old Jeremy Johnson on attempted murder charges after a dispute between neighbours on Sunday evening ended in a woman suffering a severe cut to her neck.…

Politics & Elections

Oregon Could Become First State to Ban Secret Police Through Constitution

Diane Megaw Sep 1, 2025

Bipartisan Oregon lawmakers, Rep. Tom Andersen (D-South Salem) and Rep. Cyrus Javadi (R-Tillamook), made public a proposed amendment on Friday that seeks to ban the so-called “secret police” through an amendment to the state's Constitution,…

News

Police Misconduct Settlements in Oregon Average $676,000 Per Case Far Below National Levels

Diane Megaw Aug 31, 2025

A recent study by law firm Bader Scott indicates that while New York topped the ranking, paying an average of $72,961,800 per police misconduct case, Oregon spent $ 676,000 per police misconduct case, according to a police funding database.…

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