TUCUMCARI – The Lady Rattlers volleyball team grabbed the District 2A-5 crown outright with a 25-11, 25-19, 25-19 victory over Raton on Saturday. Tucumcari (18-4) still had a district match remaining at Clayton on Nov. 5, but it mathematically and indisputably captured the crown by going 9-0 in league play and beating second-place Santa Rosa twice. After a 30-year gap in district championships end...

SAN JON – Elida's volleyball team extended its winning streak to 15 matches on Friday with a 25-14, 22-25, 25-17, 25-20 win over fourth-ranked Des Moines in a neutral-site matchup of Class 1A ranked teams. The Lady Tigers (18-2), whose only losses were to third-ranked Roy/Mosquero and top-ranked Melrose, came in the No. 6 team in 1A while the Lady Demons (13-4) were fourth. In action from Thu...

Michael Clayton II's 23-yard touchdown pass to Collin Dixon with 2:29 to play sealed Illinois's 21-10 win over Oregon on Saturday in Champaign, Ill.Il...

Paddlers skim along the water to the sound of gulls. Small waves splash against driftwood and the banks of the Des Moines River. A flotilla of experienced kayakers, canoers who built their own boats and infrequent recreators expands and contracts, making its way downstream. On and off the water, the conversations are the same — The post A scientist was pushed out for studying Iowa’s water. Now he’s running to regulate it. appeared first on KVIA.

TUCUMCARI – Despite an injury to their top hitter, the Lady Rattlers prevailed 25-19, 25-22, 25-17 over Clayton on Oct. 17 and kept sole possession of first place in District 5-2A. Tucumcari (13-4) won its 12th of 13 and retained on top of its district with a 4-0 mark. THS senior outside hitter Cambree Benavidez, averaging almost five kills per set, injured her surgically repaired right knee late...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After Ashley Hinson dropped off her boys at school earlier this month, she saw the initials “DJT” flash on her phone. “’Ashley, it’s your favorite president,’” Iowa’s Republican nominee for U.S. Senate recently recounted to an audience of her supporters. “That’s how he introduced himself.” She had had a more […]

TUCUMCARI – The Tucumcari Ranch Supply reopened on Oct. 12 under its new owner, and it has returned to its roots. Jimmy and Stella Watson closed Tucumcari Ranch Supply in April after owning it for 46 years, transitioning it into more of a barbecue restaurant during its final 18 years. Ty Bradley, who owns Bradley Supply feed stores in Clayton and Logan, purchased the property at 502 S. Lake St. Th...

Kevin Stenlund, Nate Schmidt, Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller each had a goal and an assist for the Utah Mammoth in a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pen...

Clayton Keller scored twice and Logan Cooley netted his first goal of the season in a two-point performance to lead the visiting Utah Mammoth to a 4-2...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is facing a budget deficit, high costs and economic strain from trade disputes that have squeezed farmers. But problems that have simmered for decades — water quality and cancer rates — have been forced to the forefront of state politics this year. They are the focus of debate questions, […]