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Steve Marcus

A Mormon cricket is shown near Taylor Canyon, north of Elko on Monday, June 22, 2009.

Swarm of crickets descends once again on Northern Nevada

Insects keep finding ways to thwart efforts to eradicate them

By Michael Mishak

Diana Bunitsky looked out the window and saw them coming. In a scene out of Revelation, a 25-foot-wide swarm of flightless insects started to climb the stairs to Lone Mountain Station, a bar Bunitsky owns with her husband, Victor, in northern Elko County.

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Setting Sail with Yacht Rock

By Ryan McAfee

Sit back and relax as the smoothest soft rock band in the world sits down for an interview with 702.tv's Radford Bronson Cunningham. The easy listening geniuses discuss everything from soft rock and rocking softly to pina coladas and afternoon delights. (Note: Contains some suggestive language.)

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