Complaints from members of the community have Klamath County Commissioners and library administrators at a crossroads over acceptable library programming.
After the cancellation of Klamath County Library’s social justice book club, questions asked by residents as well as county officials, library administration and members of the library advisory board have remained unanswered.
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