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A 2-year-old boy died after being found unconscious in the Illinois River near a home outside Cave Junction. The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office says there is no evidence of foul play and is investigating the death as an accidental drowning.

Rainforest Routes LLC plans to permanently close its Central Point delivery operation at Amazon’s WOR1 station, eliminating 170 jobs on Dec. 7. The closure affects the contractor, not necessarily Amazon’s recently built Central Point delivery facility, where other delivery partners also operate.

Howard Prairie Resort is getting another round of upgrades as Jackson County Parks installs more than 200 new concrete picnic tables and steel fire pits. The project continues nearly $10 million in improvements made since 2013 at the longtime mountain recreation destination east of Ashland.

The search for missing Nevada man Andrew Forrest Odom has ended at the same Williams Highway property where two members of his family were found dead earlier this week. Oregon State Police says Odom’s remains were discovered buried on the property Thursday, two days after a barricaded incident involving gunfire directed at detectives.

A 24-year-old Reno man was killed Monday afternoon in a head-on crash on Highway 139 in Modoc County. CHP says his Toyota Tacoma crossed into the southbound lane and collided with a Ram 2500 south of the Tulelake Agricultural Station. The other driver sustained minor injuries.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on the proposed Lost Soda Forest Management Project, which could bring thinning, limited timber harvest, prescribed fire, riparian treatments, and new access routes to about 1,600 acres roughly 10 miles east of Eagle Point. The project is intended to improve forest resilience and northern spotted owl habitat while maintaining healthy stream conditions.