Rocky Mountain News

I grew up with largemouth bass. Any early memories involving trophy fish include largemouth as a central focus.

Ticks can be especially harmful pests to wildlife, domestic animals and humans. Their irritating bites cause extreme pain and economic losses in domestic animals and a great deal of discomfort to people who work or play in tick-infested areas.

Bank of Kansas City said Thursday that manufacturing growth in the Midwest and part of the Rocky Mountain region rebounded in May and that firms were more optimistic than in previous months.

"There is a certain heaviness that you can get from just the right groove," JD McPherson says.

There's a tiny concrete monument at Panorama Point, elevation 5,424 feet, the highest spot in Nebraska.