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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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Latest Oregon Jobs Report Highlights Growth in Health Care and Construction Despite Regional Losses

Diane Megaw Sep 6, 2025
Significant trends in unemployment and industry changes across the state are reflected in the Oregon Employment Department's latest data, which analyzes trends through July 2025. The employment change across Oregon metro areas is…
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…
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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,…
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