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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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News

Oregon AG Joins Lawsuit Against trump Administration for Sabotaging NIH Grants and Stifling Medical…

Diane Megaw Apr 5, 2025

Joining a coalition of 15 attorneys general yesterday, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is suing the Trump Administration over its unlawful attempt to disrupt grant funding issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through…

Crime & Courts

Grants Pass Police Need Help Identifying Minimart Robber Caught on Video

Diane Megaw Apr 5, 2025

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A white male of average height wearing dark clothing, white shoes, and a dark bandana was caught on video robbing the A1 Market on SW G Street late on the evening of March 29. Police are seeking him. Can you help…

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Elderly Brookings Woman’s Jeep Plunges Off Highway 255 in Fatal Curry County Crash

Diane Megaw Apr 5, 2025

CURRY COUNTY, Ore. — Responding to reports of a single-vehicle fatal crash in Curry County on Thursday at about 5:11 p.m., the Oregon State Police (OSP), assisted by the Curry County Sheriff's Office, Brookings Fire Department, the Oregon…

Crime & Courts

K9 Eros Captures Wanted Roseburg Man Hiding Under Bridge After Dramatic Foot Chase

Diane Megaw Apr 4, 2025

ROSEBURG, Ore. — After evading police by hiding under a bridge, a 26-year-old Roseburg man wanted by his parole officer was detained by Eros, a 5.5-year-old German Shepherd K9 officer attached to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO),…

News

Oregon’s $3.4 Million Housing 360 Grants Aim to Tackle Homelessness and Mental Health

Diane Megaw Apr 4, 2025

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek heralded the Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) Housing 360 pilot program, a new initiative to address homelessness and mental health challenges. Grants of $3.4 million have been awarded to community…

News

Oregon AG Helps Secure Injunction Forcing 20 Federal Agencies to Reinstate Trump-Fired Probationary…

Diane Megaw Apr 3, 2025

A coalition of 20 attorneys general, including Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, won a preliminary injunction (PI) earlier this week that provides that 20 federal agencies must reinstate unlawfully terminated probationary employees…

Environment

Oregon Could Add Six Forever Chemicals to Hazardous List as Health Risks Spark New Regulations

Diane Megaw Apr 3, 2025

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is adding six perfluoroalkyl and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to its list of over 800 regulated contaminants as a precursor to creating regulations to limit exposure to them.…

Crime & Courts

Portland Man Arrested For Pointing Laser At Tesla Dealership Employees

Diane Megaw Apr 3, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — A 27-year-old Portland man, Tesla protester Davis Nafshun, was arrested on Saturday and faces accusations of pointing a laser inside the South Waterfront Portland Tesla dealership that hurt the eyes of employees on duty at…

News

11-Year-Old Oregon Girl Saves Autistic Brother from Raging Mobile Home Blaze

Diane Megaw Apr 2, 2025

LINN COUNTY, Ore. — Responding to reports of a fire in a mobile home at a park on Airport Road, which indicated that a child was trapped inside the home at 3:42 p.m. on Monday, firefighters arrived to find everyone had been evacuated, but…

News

Oregon AG Joins Lawsuit Against RFK Jr. Over ‘Assault On Well-being Of All Americans’ Caused By $12…

Diane Megaw Apr 2, 2025

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a coalition of 23 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia yesterday in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy,…

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