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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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Crime & Courts

Intruder Shot and Killed by Neighbor After Breaking Into Medford Apartment, Police Say

Diane Megaw Nov 3, 2025
MEDFORD, Ore. — The Medford Police Department is investigating the death of a man who was shot dead after forcing entry into an apartment at 18 Hawthorne Street in the small hours of Sunday morning. A neighbor who came to the assistance…
Politics & Elections

Medford Voters Have Until 8 p.m. Tomorrow to Weigh In on Creekside Quarter Funding Measure

Diane Megaw Nov 3, 2025
MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford voters have until 8 p.m. tomorrow- Tuesday, Nov. 4- to return their ballots on Measure 15-238, a proposal to raise the city’s transient lodging tax to help fund the Creekside Quarter project. Creekside…
News

Two Eagle Point Teens Killed, Two Critically Injured in Highway 140 Crash

Diane Megaw Nov 3, 2025
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A 17-year-old driver and an 18-year-old passenger were tragically killed early on Saturday morning when their car crashed through a guard rail on Highway 140 in Jackson County,  near milepost 9, and rolled into an…
Environment

Trump Administration Axes $1 Billion Hydrogen Hub Grant, Jeopardizing Oregon and Washington Jobs

Diane Megaw Nov 2, 2025
A $1 billion federal grant, part of the 2021 Infrastructure Bill, intended to fund hydrogen clean energy projects in the Pacific Northwest, has been cancelled by the Trump Administration, a decision that has been criticized for the…
News

Oregonians Lost an Average of $42,000 Each to Real Estate Scams, FBI Data Shows

Diane Megaw Nov 2, 2025
A new study reveals that Oregonians who fell prey to real estate scammers lost an average of $42,095 per victim in 2023. Oregon Residents Lost $5.6 Million To Real Estate Fraudsters In 2023 Using data from the FBI’s Internet…
News

Ex-Clackamas County Commissioner Melissa Fireside Disappears After Skipping Bail On Fraud Charges

Diane Megaw Nov 1, 2025
A former Clackamas County Commissioner, Melissa Fireside, who faces fraud charges for taking financial advantage of an 83-year-old man, accessing a computer network, and forging signatures, left her Lexington, Oregon, home with her son and…
Crime & Courts

Man Found Dying on I-5 Near Gold Hill; Suspect Arrested Hours Later

Diane Megaw Nov 1, 2025
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) revealed that the suspect in a rural Gold Hill homicide that took place next to Interstate 5, on Thursday, 34-year-old Michael Lloyd Balestra Jr., of Gold Hill, was taken into…
National

FBI Met With Twitter on China Meddling, Musk’s Policy Changes Days Before 2022 Midterms

Diane Megaw Nov 1, 2025
A heavily redacted email dated November 3, 2022, shortly after Elon Musk acquired Twitter, was made available to Judicial Watch that indicates Biden-era FBI personnel held a “touch point meeting” with Twitter regarding reported meddling by…
News

Marion County Seeking Ways To Fill In Funding Gap Left By Federal Pause On SNAP Benefits

Diane Megaw Oct 31, 2025
MARION COUNTY, Ore. — With the federal government's looming pause on SNAP benefits set to take effect on November 1 because of the federal government shutdown, the Marion County Board of Commissioners met last night to discuss how the…
News

Quick-Thinking Passersby Prevent Major Damage in Downtown Grants Pass Fire

Diane Megaw Oct 31, 2025
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Passersby who noticed smoke coming from the front window of a Grants Pass office building yesterday at approximately 11:30 AM in the 600 block of SE 7th Street managed to contain the fire after calling 911. Grants Pass…
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