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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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Portland State Study Finds COVID and Fentanyl, Not Measure 110, Drove Oregon’s Spike in Drug Deaths

Diane Megaw Aug 17, 2025

A recently released report by Portland State University (PSU) researchers into the effect of Measure 110 on Oregon's spike in drug-related deaths reveals that the Covid-19 pandemic- specifically the increased use of fentanyl, played a…

News

Oregon Sues to Block Federal Cap That Could Gut State-Run Energy Programs

Diane Megaw Aug 17, 2025

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a 20-member coalition of attorneys general in a lawsuit seeking to shut down the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) plan to impose a new funding cap on vital state-run energy programs. …

News

Medford Economic Analysis Forecasts 22 Percent Job Growth and Need for 600 Acres of Land

Diane Megaw Aug 16, 2025

MEDFORD, Ore. — After receiving input from several sectors, the City of Medford released a draft of its new Economic Opportunity Analysis (EOA) that reflects a significant update to its long-range economic policies, using projected steady…

News

Disability Rights Lawsuit Forces Grants Pass to Provide Basic Services for Homeless Camps

Diane Megaw Aug 16, 2025

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The recent agreement reached between the lawyers for the City of Grants Pass and Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) on enforcement of camping codes in the city is welcomed as a move in the right direction for homeless…

News

Toxic Algae Prompts Recreation Advisory for Odell Lake in Klamath County

Diane Megaw Aug 15, 2025

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) placed a recreational use advisory on Odell Lake in Klamath County yesterday following the discovery of algae blooms. The OHA advisory, issued about a month after a similar…

Crime & Courts

Douglas County Narcotics Raid in Curtin Uncovers Illegal Pot Grow, Meth, and Guns

Diane Megaw Aug 15, 2025

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — A Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) investigation into an illicit marijuana grow in Curtin culminated in the detention of 8 people on Wednesday. Two were arrested. Armed with a search warrant obtained after…

News

Jackson County on Alert as Scenic Fire Races Through High Cascades Forest

Diane Megaw Aug 14, 2025

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The Jackson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) warned yesterday that the Scenic Fire burning in Douglas County, east of Highway 230 along the Rogue River, was headed towards Jackson County. The Scenic Fire on the High…

Crime & Courts

Portland Suspect Claims Fatal Shooting of Girlfriend Was Accident as Charges Drop

Diane Megaw Aug 13, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — After initially being charged with murder over the death of his girlfriend, Kimberly Venegas-Gonzalez, the charges against Leonel Macias-Silva of Portland have been reduced to manslaughter after he claimed the deadly…

Crime & Courts

Grants Pass Area Home Becomes Scene of Murder-Suicide That Killed Family of Five

Diane Megaw Aug 13, 2025

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Josephine County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a request to check the welfare of the residents at a home in the 200 block of Hussey Lane, in the Picket Creek area, on Monday morning, discovered five bodies with…

Crime & Courts

Dispute Between Known Individuals Sparks Shooting in Vacant Klamath County Residence

Diane Megaw Aug 13, 2025

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Klamath County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is investigating a shooting between two known individuals in a vacant house in the area of South Lalakes Avenue and Charley Street on Monday afternoon. KCSO and Oregon…

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