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- ↑ Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (March 5, 2014). "Deaths, drugs and lies with not a cop in sight Lack of cash leaves Cave Junction largely self-policed as a crime wave devastates rural Josephine County". The Oregonian.
- ↑ "Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association".