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Man drowns at swimming hole east of Ashland

A 19-year-old man fell from a cliff and drowned in a swimming hole at a rock quarry reservoir 14 miles east of Ashland off Dead Indian Memorial Road Thursday evening, according to a news release from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

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Use of force by Ashland police officers spiked in 2024

Changes in reporting policy, more police on the streets, and more arrests by officers led to a statistical increase in incidents regarded as uses of force by the Ashland Police Department, but the spike in stats is no cause for alarm, the city’s chief of police said Monday.

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Indigenous youth call for worldwide dam removal with Klamath River Accord

Indigenous youth from around the globe signed a pact Sunday at the mouth of the Klamath River calling for the removal of dams around the world. It also came on the heels of the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River, which saw youth from various tribes kayak the river for the first time since four hydroelectric dams were removed in 2024.

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