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Baseball Recap: Spring Creek falls short of Wooster in the playoffs
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Spring Creek can now relate to. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wooster Colts on Thursday. Spring Creek's loss continues a trend for the team, making it three in a row.
Small town swarmed by Mormon crickets; ‘It’s pretty disgusting’
SPRING CREEK, Nev. — They’re not aggressive toward humans, and they don’t last forever, but they are gross and annoying. Mormon crickets are a species of insect that has seen a resurgence in recent years due to drought and are out again this year in full force in northern Nevada and some parts of Utah. They got their nickname from the 1800s pioneer days when the bugs nearly destroyed the settlers’ crops in Utah, leading to the “Miracle of the Gulls” legend.
Baseball Recap: Truckee sees their postseason come to a close
Truckee and Spring Creek squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Truckee had to settle for second. They took an 8-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Spring Creek Spartans. Truckee was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Spring Creek apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in March.
Helicopter crew saw coyotes, not wolves, Nevada wildlife official says
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Coyotes, not wolves, were likely spotted by wildlife officials in Northern Nevada in late March. That’s the conclusion from Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) officials after two independent DNA analyses following a March 17 sighting by a helicopter crew near Merritt Mountain, north of Elko. “While initial observations indicated the possibility […]
Softball Recap: Elko falls short of Fernley in the playoffs
Elko and Fernley squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Elko had to settle for second. They lost 9-3 to the Fernley Vaqueros. Elko was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Fernley apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in April.
Spring Creek man dies in Elko County rollover
ELKO, Nev. (KOLO) -A rollover killed a Spring Creek man Thursday in Elko County, the Nevada State Police said. Clint Newton, 45, of Spring Creek was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on the Lamoille Highway about a mile north of the intersection with the Jiggs Highway. NSP...
One dead in Elko, Nevada single-vehicle rollover
SPRING CREEK, Nevada (KUTV) — A 45-year-old man is dead following a rollover crash in Nevada. The crash happened Thursday night on S.R. 227 between Elko and Spring Creek, officials said. Police said Clint Newton, of Spring Creek, was driving a Cadillac Allante southbound on S.R. 227 when he...
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