As we step into autumn and with winter not far behind, beekeepers are taking measures to prepare their colonies for winter; ...

A study shows that bumblebees can be trained to tell the difference between long and short light flashes. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered, for the first time, that an ...

In a surprise move, Jack in the Box announced this week it would be closing as many as 200 of its restaurant locations, in addition to possibly unloading Del Taco, a chain it purchased only three ...

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The water tower just east of Old Town Clovis is seen Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 in Clovis. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA [email protected] Clovis plans to increase city water rates by an average of 23% annually ...

A voter marks his ballot at the Clovis Transit Center, a new permanent polling place that replaces its former location at Clovis City Hall, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ...

A motorist drops off a ballot at the Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections office in 2024. Federal monitors will be sent to polling places in Fresno, Kern, Riverside, Orange and Los ...

In this photo taken in July 2024 outside Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, nurses protest staffing policies. Ken Carlson [email protected] Registered nurses will hold a one-day strike Thursday, Oct ...

This past week, I stopped at the grocery store to pick up several twenty-five bags of sugar for feeding my honey bees a heavy syrup; two parts sugar to one part water. As always, I stop to buy one ...