Canyon News

Contestants Caleb Christian, left, and Hayden Moore, talk as they watch their peers compete perched on a fence near the Curry County Mounted Patrol Arena.

By RICHARD PORTER Herald Staff Writer The Plainview school board voted 6-0 to hire Brandon Shelton as principal of Lakeside Fifth Grade Learning Center.

Officials for the Canyon school district aim to offer competitive salaries for teachers and other employees.

Canyon city officials are hoping two ruptures over the weekend of the city's main water line were flukes.

All Things Considered , July 11, 2008 Danny Byrd, owner of Feldman's Fieldhouse Diner in Canyon, Texas, talks about the fate of Tex Randall.

During the first twenty years after its founding in 1889, Canyon was referred to as "Canyon City." Lincoln Guy Connor and his wife Queenie Victoria Younger selected the name when they established the town.

These establishments had 0 demerits during a routine inspection: Holiday Inn Express, 2806 Wolflin Ave.; Jesse's Pool Hall, 3409 W. Amarillo Blvd.

West Texas A&M University will strike up the bands next week as more than 950 middle school and high school students arrive on campus for the university's 56th annual Band Camp.

A man partied a little too hard to celebrate the Fourth of July. The man was driving drunk coming into Canyon from the south on 23rd Street when he lost control of his vehicle at 12:05 a.m. Saturday near Canyon ...

"Standing Over Texas" "Tex Randall" is the name that was given in 1987 to the 47-foot-tall statue in Canyon, Texas, in Randall County.

Billboards that can be seen driving south on Interstate 27 outside Amarillo testify to the realities of liquor purchases outside Canyon.

Yvonne Vega, left, Julie DeVore and "Texas" director Dave Yirak talk before the beginning of the production.

The man who was shot by a Canyon Police Officer last weekend is behind bars today.

The Food Establishment Inspection Report is a weekly report that appears on Mondays.

Tim Brewer wants to be Canyon's tire guy, according to his wife, Amy, and as new owner of Canyon Tire Co., he could be just that.

Terrie Upton takes her dog, Sadie, home from the veterinary clinic, nearly a month after of the dog being admitted for treatment of chemical burns on her back.

Pending approval by the Canyon Independent School District board of trustees, Canyon will fill a one-year vacancy at girls cross country coach.

Saturday-June 28, 2008 at about 12:20 AM, Canyon Police Officers responded to a reported Domestic Disturbance at the Silver Creek Apartments, located at 104 N. 28th Street, in Apt Number 14.

It has been a decade since the Canyon High School class of 1998 graduated, and in that time alumni of 1998 have learned a few things.

A series of commercials touting tourism on a local television network is costing Canyon several thousand dollars a month, but city leaders say the ads are boosting tourism and business.