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Voting for Missouri Humanities Small Town Showcase started Monday, July 1, and Tarkio is included in the list. Help decide which five Missouri communities will be featured on a podcast  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Library Summer Reading participants were excited to see the experiments that Mad Scientist Asteroid Aaron had to offer at the Tarkio Resource Center June 25.   Mad Scientist  Continue Reading »

This tornado formed Friday, June 28, 2024, and briefly touched down near Z Highway at I Avenue. It was visible for a short time from the north. (Sam Harmon photo)  Continue Reading »

Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation sponsored a ribbon cutting at Hoot & Holler Friday morning, June 28, 2024. Cutting the ribbon is owner Lori Staten, surrounded by family, friends, employees, customers,  Continue Reading »

Twenty-seven college students from Atchison County were presented with the Esther A. and Bruce S. Gibbs Charitable Trust Scholarship in a ceremony held Friday, June 28, 2024, at the Rock  Continue Reading »

Don’t miss seeing the final performances of “The Music Man” at Liberty Theatre this Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29, at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 30, at 2:30  Continue Reading »

A fresh mobile food pantry will be offered by Second Harvest of St. Joseph Wednesday, June 26, weather permitting and while supplies last, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Due  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Rehabilitation and Health Care’s 4th of July Celebration will be held on Friday, June 28. Activities begin at 6:00 p.m. There will be BBQ, kids’ games, a bounce house,  Continue Reading »

Events scheduled for the 4th of July in the Rock Port Municipal Park include the following: Wednesday, July 3 • Pool Games • Inflatables – 4:00 p.m. to Dusk •  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Library is hosting its summer reading program. This year’s events are taking place in one location, at the Tarkio Library in the Tarkio Resource Center, located at  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Dustin Barnes, Tarkio Elementary Principal/Tarkio R-I Ass’t. Superintendent The Tarkio R-I Board of Education held a regular monthly meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in the Central Office of  Continue Reading »

The Little Tarkio Creek Bridge in Atchison County on Missouri Route 46 was reopened to traffic Friday afternoon following a rehabilitation project. To learn more about the project, visit: https://www.modot.org/missouri-route-111-missouri-route-46-and-route-yy-bridge-replacement-atchison-and-gentry