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Grande to return for Manchester benefit concert In this Aug. 26, 2015 file photo, Ariana Grande performs during the honeymoon tour concert in Jakarta, Indonesia. Grande says she will return to Manchester to spend time with fans and host a benefit concert. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday May 26, 2017 at 11:37 AM May 26, 2017 at 11:37 AM Grande tweeted a statement that says "I'll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester to spend time wit
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Fishing Report: Friday, May 26 Friday May 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: Forecasts call for a mix of ocean conditions over Memorial Day weekend, starting today with winds of up to 20 knots and wind waves as high as 9 feet. Saturday looks the best, with 5-knot winds and 5-foot swells, followed Sunday by 15-knot winds and 4-foot mixed swells — and those are the kind of waves that can separate a boater from his breakfast rather easily. Very good to exc
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Get Out: Friday, May 26 Friday May 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM To have an event listed in Get Out!, email the information to [email protected]   Southern Oregon Land Conservancy hikes Reservations are required for SOLC's annual spring hikes. To reserve a slot or to get on a waiting list for a particular hike, as well as details on when and where to meet, see www.landconserve.org. Saturday, May 27: Naturalist Dave Garcia will lead a natural-history hike at 10 a.m. a
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Trout test in the Holy Water A rainbow trout is tagged at Cole Rivers Hatchery before being released into the Holy Water on the Rogue River. [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Friday May 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Trout No. 1748 is sporting some bling and working for Da Man to help settle the question of whether the Rogue River's Holy Water lives up to its name or is simply a pit-stop in purgatory before trout get flushed downriver. This 16
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Warm weather, big water await Memorial Day campers High water awaits campers at Union Creek for Memorial Day weekend. [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Friday May 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Southern Oregonians who have cursed the endless rain and snow of this past winter and spring can finally take advantage of it during this weekend's traditional start of the summer camping season. The strong snowpack created last winter has regional lake
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Hiro Ramen A pork miso ramen bowl at Hiro Ramen in Ashland. [Mail Tribune / Nick Morgan] Friday May 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat There's an abundance of great Japanese restaurants in Southern Oregon, but Ashland is finally home to the region's first ramen shop, Hiro Ramen. Hiro Ramen, open since March at 11 N. First St., sells 10 variants of the Japanese short-order staple, along with plenty of extras and a few other variables to make each b
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43. Southern Oregon Speedway Sprint cars race in the dirt at the Southern Oregon Speedway. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Friday May 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM This year marks the 22nd consecutive season of racing at Southern Oregon Speedway, located at Jackson County Sports Park in White City, and the popular Pro Stock division is back this year, according to the speedway's website. For the first time since 2011, the division will be competing for a track championship. Promoter
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22. Green Show Free Green Show performances run all summer long on The Bricks at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Friday May 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM One of the best entertainment options in Southern Oregon occurs Tuesday through Sunday outside of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland during the summer. From June 16 through Oct. 15, OSF hosts a tradition known as the “Green Show,” which features acts from near and far
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Comic play imagines origins of Peter Pan Eric Solis, left, Kyle Sanderson, Jonah Thorpe-Kramp and Meghan Nealon appear in SOU's "Peter and the Starchaser," running May 26-28 at the Craterian Theater in Medford. [Photo courtesy of SOU] Friday May 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Bestselling suspense novelist Ridley Pearson was reading a book about Peter Pan with his 5-year-old daughter when she asked, "How did Peter meet Captain Hook in the fi
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Wild horses could be sold for slaughter in Trump budget plan Thursday May 25, 2017 at 5:55 PM May 25, 2017 at 5:55 PM By Scott Sonner The Associated Press PALOMINO VALLEY, Nev. — President Donald Trump's budget proposal calls for saving $10 million next year by selling wild horses captured throughout the U.S. West without the requirement that buyers guarantee the animals won't be resold for slaughter. Wild-horse advocates say the change wo
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Memorial Day weekend: 6 things to do Buncom Day is Saturday outside Ruch. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Thursday May 25, 2017 at 4:41 PM May 25, 2017 at 4:48 PM With so much to do this weekend, you might have to let that yard work wait. 1. Buncom, a ghost town in the Applegate Valley, will come alive for Buncom Day festivities from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Activities include a noon parade, live music, face painting, books and plants for sale, a
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Juicing up at 2Hawk Winery Kirk McElney, of Gold Hill, charges his 2016 Tesla Thursday at 2Hawk Vineyard & Winery. [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Thursday May 25, 2017 at 4:58 PM May 25, 2017 at 6:01 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Ross Allen likes to lead the way when it comes to sustainable farming practices at 2Hawk Winery & Vineyard. So it isn't surprising to see three Tesla destination charging stations have sprouted next to hi
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Medford's lodging tax revenue could be up for grabs Thursday May 25, 2017 at 5:47 PM May 25, 2017 at 5:47 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Travel Medford's future was hotly debated Thursday by the Medford City Council, which will decide whether to develop a better contract or start over with another organization to promote tourism. "Nobody wants to become extinct," said Eli Matthews, senior vice president of Travel Medford and a
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High water curtails Union Creek trout stocking Friday May 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman High water in the far upper Rogue River above Lost Creek Lake have curtailed rainbow trout-stocking plans in the Union Creek area, but seven sites did get trout this week in time for Memorial Day weekend. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife planned to stock 2,000 legal-sized trout this week spread out among 11 sites from Prospect to the Union C
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Wesern tribes bash proposed Trump budget cuts A staff member holds a binder that reads "A New Foundation for American Greatness Tool Kit for Communicators" as Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, right, pauses Tuesday while speaking to the media about President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. [AP Photo/Andrew Harnik] Thursday May 25, 2017 at 6:02 PM By Gillian Flaccus The Associated Press PORT
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Teen gets probation in mannequin arson fire Mikal Joseph Walton Thursday May 25, 2017 at 5:12 PM May 25, 2017 at 5:52 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A Medford teen was sentenced to probation Thursday after admitting to setting a mannequin head on fire in a Medford parking garage elevator with another suspect and abandoning the blaze. Mikal Joseph Walton, 18, pleaded guilty in Jackson County Circuit Court to felony second-degree arson fo
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UO selects new name for dorm: Unthank Hall Cedar Hall, formerly called Dunn Hall, is pictured on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene. University officials have settled on a new name for the building formerly named after Ku Klux Klan leader Fredrick Dunn. [Brian Davies/The Register-Guard via AP, file] Thursday May 25, 2017 at 5:49 PM May 25, 2017 at 5:49 PM The Associated Press EUGENE — University of Oregon officials have settl
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UK police find 'significant' evidence; May slams US on leaks People attend a one minute silence to the victims of Monday's explosion at St Ann's Square in Manchester, England Thursday May 25 2017. More than 20 people were killed in an explosion following a Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena late Monday evening. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday May 25, 2017 at 8:09 AM May 25, 2017 at 8:09 AM Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Ho
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UK bomber said to have told mother 'Forgive me' before blast People attend a one minute silence to the victims of Monday's explosion at St Ann's Square in Manchester, England Thursday May 25 2017. More than 20 people were killed in an explosion following a Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena late Monday evening. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday May 25, 2017 at 8:09 AM May 25, 2017 at 1:58 PM Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Ho
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Trump travel ban blocked; fight headed for Supreme Court In this Sept. 27, 2016 file photo, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Justice Roger Gregory, gestures during an interview in his office in Richmond, Va. The 4th U.S. Circuit of Appeals dealt another blow to President Donald TrumpþÄôs revised travel ban targeting six-Muslim majority countries on Thursday, May 25, 2017, siding with groups that say the policy illegally targets Muslims. "Congress granted the president broad pow