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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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Education

Oregon Boosts Early Learning Access for Nearly 2,000 More Children With Disabilities Since 2020

Diane Megaw Mar 27, 2025

A report released by the Oregon Department of Education and the Department of Early Learning and Care yesterday indicates that almost two thousand more children with disabilities in Oregon received special education services in early…

News

Oregon Leads Charge as Attorneys General Defy Trump’s Unconstitutional Bullying of Law Firms

Diane Megaw Mar 27, 2025

In light of the Trump administration's illegal attempts to deter lawyers from challenging its actions or representing clients disfavored by the administration, a coalition of attorneys general, including Oregon Attorney General Rayfield,…

News

Oregon Lawmakers Push Bill to Save Schools from Fluorescent Lamp Ban Until 2030

Diane Megaw Mar 26, 2025

Oregon House Bill 2307, sponsored by four Republican state lawmakers, has been passed in the House of Representatives. It would give school districts a five-year exemption from requirements banning certain fluorescent lamps until January 3,…

News

White City Biker Dies In Central Point After Being Hit By Car

Diane Megaw Mar 26, 2025

In a tragic accident in rural Central Point early Tuesday morning, a White City man, after being hit by a car on the shoulder of Foothill Rd. Jackson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) officers responded to an Emergency Communications of…

Environment

Mystery Poachers Slaughter Juvenile Blacktail Deer in Oregon’s Tillamook Forest Sparking Urgent…

Diane Megaw Mar 26, 2025

The Fish and Wildlife Division (ODFW) of the Oregon State Police (OSP) has appealed to the public for help identifying the perpetrator/s of the unlawful killing of two juvenile blacktail deer on March 17 in the Tillamook forest in Clatsop…

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Oregon Firefighters Rush to North Carolina’s Aid in Wildfire Crisis Under Mutual Support Pact

Diane Megaw Mar 25, 2025

Twenty-six firefighters and two Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) representatives headed to North Carolina over the weekend to assist in fighting numerous wildfires in the state. Many were assigned to the Black Cove incident in western…

Crime & Courts

Drunk Driver’s Reckless Crash Kills Teen, Injures Three Others in Marion County

Diane Megaw Mar 25, 2025

SALEM, Ore. — Responding to reports of a single-vehicle crash at around 9,50 p.m. on Sunday night in the 17000 block of Fern Ridge Rd, just outside of Stayton, Marion County police found a single-vehicle crash with extensive damage. Of…

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Oregon AG Joins Veterans’ Struggle to Secure Education Benefits Denied by Federal Agency

Diane Megaw Mar 23, 2025

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield has joined 51 other attorneys general to support the court appeal by two veterans, U.S. Army veteran Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yoon and U.S. Air Force veteran Colonel Toby Doran, who have been struggling…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Accused Of Throwing Molotov Cocktails At Tesla Dealership Faces Federal Charges

Diane Megaw Mar 23, 2025

A 41-year-old Salem man, Adam Matthew Lansky, is now facing a federal charge of illegally possessing an unregistered destructive device following two incidents during which police allege that he hurled Molotov Cocktails and later fired…

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Californian Pedestrian Dies in Foggy Josephine County Crash on Highway 199

Diane Megaw Mar 22, 2025

A Californian pedestrian, Buck Carlos Gene Arby Ward (58) of Crescent City, died after being struck by a pickup truck on Highway 199, near milepost 16, in Josephine County early on Wednesday morning. The Oregon State Police, assisted by…

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