📺 You gotta love cheesy Vegas talk shows

🦋 🐝 Bug Love

For the first time, Nevada’s wildlife managers have added bugs to the state’s wildlife management plan — 66 species, primarily butterflies and bees, that play key roles in pollination and other natural processes. They are described as species of greatest conservation need. [Nevada Independent]

• Animal lovers want the state to curtail bear hunting. [Nevada Current]

💻 More Hackin’

A cyberattack this week shut down the website of Nevada’s Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission — the public-facing portions, at least. Officials say no personal or fiscal data was compromised. [Nevada Independent]

📚 Reading Scores Low

Recent school district numbers indicate that a dismal one in four high-schoolers are proficient in reading, a figure that drops to one in five for Title 1 schools. Hmm, I wonder if any finger-pointing will ensue? (Spoiler alert: Yes.) [KLAS]

🐈 🐕 Charges Stem from Pet Remains

A Utah woman is facing misdemeanor charges after 25 bags of animal remains found last year in the Utah desert were traced back to pets taken to a Las Vegas pet-cremation service. The service’s owner claims the woman was contracted to cremate the remains, but dumped them instead. [KTNV]

🦗 Crickets for the A’s; GOP Hopeful Binkley; Hot Cheese

Few silences speak louder than the one that greeted the emcee at a local Chamber of Commerce event this week when she tried to whip up crowd enthusiasm for “the Las Vegas A’s.” Cringe! That's just one juicy topic in today’s Friday news roundup. Co-hosts Sarah Lohman and Dayvid Figler, joined by Jacob Solis of the Nevada Independent, also discuss Trump challenger Ryan Binkley — who’ll be caucusing here next month — and, of course, Nachogate. Let’s hear it for Las Vegas nachos! *Crowd roars*