I don't recall any news regarding this before today. Another good reason to be looking for things on the ground while were out flying. Strange, we had a 4-plane flight (joy-ride) planned that would have taken us very close to this area about 2-weeks ago. We went south instead due to a forecast of high winds north of Elko and along the Idaho-Nevada border.
http://elkodaily.com/news/local/article_d4ded914-7859-11e0-a856-001cc4c03286.html