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The Tarkio High School Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, May 24, 2025, at the Tarkio High School Gymnasium. Social hour will begin at 5:00 p.m., followed by pictures at  Continue Reading »

A community-wide annual celebration from the 1940s is being reborn this spring in Tarkio. The Tarkiesta celebration will be held on Sunday, May 25. The theme will be centered on  Continue Reading »

Atchison County establishments that sell food and drinks receive health inspections, once, twice, or three times a year depending on the type of foods sold and risk to the public.  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Sheriff Andy Riley hosted “Coffee With the Sheriff” Thursday, May 8, at the Nutrition Center in Tarkio. This gave residents a chance to ask questions, express concerns, or  Continue Reading »

The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in Atchison County for the week of May 12-18. There also  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax Farmers Market is taking place every Friday this summer from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Main Street. Pictured above is Harold Moore helping a customer with his  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for The Gym on Friday, May 9, 2025. Jared and Kari Meyerkorth, owners of The Gym (formerly Stoltz’s fitness) have  Continue Reading »

  The Rock Port High School girls’ and boys’ track teams won the Class 1 District 8 Track Meet Saturday, May 10, in Grant City, Missouri. The girls scored 147  Continue Reading »

Tayden Cook, top, placed third in the Class 1 District 4 Golf Meet with a 76 and River Dow, above, placed sixth with an 81. Both golfers will now compete  Continue Reading »

Now known as KG Buds Designs By Jay, the flower shop in Fairfax will be run by Kay Graves’ granddaughter, Jaycee Graves.   After more than 30 years of seeing  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio High School Class of 2025 valedictorian is Kamryn Brown, left, and salutatorian is Lizzie Schlueter, right.   Aly Wooten, Claudia Hernandez, and Teagen Wennihan walked into the gym  Continue Reading »

The end of the school year is almost here and with that comes commencement ceremonies for the Classes of 2025. Tarkio graduation will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May  Continue Reading »