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Western boxelder bugs can damage fruit on trees

Q: I found 50 to 100 red and black beetles running around the rocks in my yard while I was pulling weeds. If these numbers are representative, I must have thousands. A friend thinks they may be boxelder bugs, but I don’t have any boxelder trees in my yard. The pictures of boxelder bugs online are similar but do not look exactly like these. So what are they and should I declare war on them and begin spraying?

Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival has something for everyone

The Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival began as a program aimed primarily at adults, but festival coordinator Suzanne Scott said programming quickly expanded to accommodate teens and families.

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Literary Las Vegas: Bruce Borgos

Bruce Borgos, a 50-year Nevada resident, began researching his first novel more than 15 years ago. He was intrigued by newsstories about Nevada ranchers like Cliff Gardner who were fighting federal control. When an armed standoff erupted betweencattlemen and the BLM in 2014, Borgos reworked his work-in-progress to reflect current events. The result was “Holding Fire.”

Las Vegas spy show, hosted by former CIA agent, set to spill secrets of the trade

What do you do when you’ve spent much of your adult life carrying a gun, keeping secrets and learning the survival skills designed to keep you alive in hostile territory from Kabul to Bogota? You spill all those secrets on a stage in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas doctor Dale Carrison has a background like no other

Dr. Dale Carrison is 77 and still going strong. An admitted screw-up as a young man, he become a sheriff’s deputy and an FBI agent, then an auto parts salesman. A monster midlife crisis turned him into a doctor.

Clark County reports first fatality of 2016-17 flu season

Clark County has recorded its first flu-related death of the season, that of a senior resident who was hospitalized before dying, the Southern Nevada Health District reported Wednesday morning.

After a decade, Las Vegas PRIDE Festival moves back to Sunset Park

You don’t have to be Greek to enjoy the Greek Food Festival or Italian to enjoy the San Gennaro Feast. So, organizers of the Las Vegas PRIDE festival are trying to get the word out that their festival is not just for the LGBT community, but for everyone.