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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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Business

Intel Announces 669 More Oregon Layoffs as Workforce Cuts Surpass 3,000 Despite Massive Tax Breaks

Diane Megaw Nov 15, 2025

Intel, one of Oregon's biggest employers, announced Thursday that another 669 employees will be laid off from its facilities in Hillsboro and Aloha before the end of the year. The latest round of layoffs comes after Intel’s Oregon…

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Oregon Homeowners Freed From Predatory 40-Year MV Realty Contracts After Major State Settlement

Diane Megaw Nov 15, 2025

Oregon Homeowners have been released from deceptive 40-year contracts with the Florida-based real estate brokerage MV Realty that prevented them from refinancing their homes and gave MV Realty exclusive rights to list homes for decades.…

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Oregon Issues Urgent ByHeart Formula Alert After Babies Sickened in Growing National Botulism…

Diane Megaw Nov 15, 2025

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) urged families to stop using ByHeart formula yesterday to reduce the risk of infant botulism while the investigation into the current national outbreak continues. Two cases have been tied to the company’s…

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Passerby’s 911 Call Leads to Dramatic Rescue of Oregon Man and Dog From 100-Foot Drop

Diane Megaw Nov 14, 2025

A 45-year-old Reedsport, Oregon, man and his dog were rescued from the water at the bottom of a 100-foot embankment off USFS 1107, approximately the 8-mile marker in Curry County, on Tuesday, after a passerby reported hearing screams for…

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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…

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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)…

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