When it came to selecting his Eagle Scout project, Troop 516 Boy Scout Chance Christensen turned to the Bureau of Land Management?s Caliente Field Office. ?I was looking for a project when Scoutmaster Nick Pay told me the field office wanted to install a kiosk at the Oak Springs Summit Trilobite Site,? the 15-year-old said […] This article is available to … [Read more...] about Caliente teen completes Eagle Scout project at Oak Springs Summit
Oak Springs Summit
No injuries reported in Monday morning rollover
Slushy roads in the early?morning contributed to a?rollover accident at the Oaks?Springs Summit on U.S. 93?Monday morning. Nevada Highway Patrol reported a Caliente woman, name?not given, and her infant son?were traveling southbound?over the summit about 7:30 a.m.when the encountered snow?and slush on the highway from?the overnight snowfall. The driver applied brakes to?the … [Read more...] about No injuries reported in Monday morning rollover
Major Rainstorm Causes Travel Headaches
Heavy rains on Monday and flash flooding in the Moapa, Overton, Logandale area completely ripped out sections of 1-15 causing the Nevada Department of Transportation to close a large section of the freeway and reroute traffic onto U.S. Highway 93 through Lincoln County. The flooding also caused two major power outages Monday throughout much of […] This … [Read more...] about Major Rainstorm Causes Travel Headaches
Caliente school visits Trilobite site
Discovered by white settlers in the area as early as 1859, located in the Pioche Hills of eastern Lincoln County, and most easily seen at the Oak Spring Trilobites Site, between mile marker 81 and 82, a little south of Oak Springs Summit, off U.S. Highway 93, is a formation of small prehistoric sea creatures […] This article is available to Lincoln County … [Read more...] about Caliente school visits Trilobite site



