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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

Josephine County Police Arrest DUII Driver Who Crashed Into Fire Truck In Cave Junction

Diane Megaw Feb 28, 2025

The Josephine County Sheriff’s office reported that a driver, 63-year-old Alec James Varner, who crashed into a stationary Illinois Valley Fire District (IVFD) engine shortly before midday on Wednesday, was arrested after failing field…

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Oregon AG Leads Community Hearings On Federal Firings And DOGE Funding Freezes

Diane Megaw Feb 28, 2025

A national series of town halls hosted by a group of Attorneys General, including Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, has been scheduled. The meetings will provide a public platform for the people of America to give their account of…

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Eugene School District Signs Up To Oppose Trump’s New DEI Policies In Schools

Diane Megaw Feb 28, 2025

The Eugene School District has joined a lawsuit opposing the U.S. Department of Education's new race-based policies under the Trump administration. It is the first school district to do so following the issue of a letter to colleagues…

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International Fugitive’s Six-Year Run Crumbles as He Lands Back in Oregon After His Arrest in…

Diane Megaw Feb 27, 2025

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — Josephine County Sheriff’s Office deputies took delivery of Shawn Christian Higbee, 41, yesterday after he had been arrested by United States Marshals Service (USMS) officers in December in Cambodia on a 2019 arrest…

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Oregon’s Homelessness Crisis Sparks Bold Statewide Shelter Overhaul Amid Growing Public Backlash

Diane Megaw Feb 27, 2025

After years of increased state funding to address homelessness and ever-growing numbers of homeless Oregonians, lawmakers and Gov. Tina Kotek are pushing for more state oversight and coordination for homeless shelters as the state continues…

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Teen Driver Kills Eugene Pedestrian in Highway 99 Crash, OSP Investigates

Diane Megaw Feb 26, 2025

Oregon State Police (OSP) responding to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Highway 99, near milepost 3, in Lane County on Sunday discovered a pedestrian, Gary Dale Obert (54) of Eugene, in the roadway. Obert was declared deceased at the…

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Fatal Highway 101 Crash Claims Life of Brookings Pedestrian

Diane Megaw Feb 26, 2025

CURRY COUNTY, Ore. — Oregon State Police (OSP), who responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Highway 101, near milepost 359, in Curry County on Saturday at 10:49 p.m., confirmed that the pedestrian injured in the crash, William…

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Oregon Property Owners Face Looming Deadline to Appeal Wildfire Hazard Map Designations

Diane Megaw Feb 25, 2025

Following Oregon Governor Kotek’s announcement last week instructing Forestry officials to hold off on referring any wildfire hazard map designation appeals to the Office of Administrative Hearings until after the legislative session, the…

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Gunshot Clue Unravels Portland Trailer Death as Homicide Investigation Intensifies

Diane Megaw Feb 25, 2025

After the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) indicated earlier this week that a suspicious body had been found in a trailer in the Lents neighborhood, near Southeast 84th Avenue and Southeast Insley Street, on Thursday, February 20, reports have…

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High-Tech Hunt Nabs Medford Shooting Suspects in Midnight Chase

Diane Megaw Feb 25, 2025

MEDFORD, Ore. — Responding to reports of shots fired in the 800 block of Archer Dr. on Saturday just before midnight, Medford Police officers quickly deployed technology to follow, find, and arrest the suspects who had sped away from the…

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