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December 14 The City of Tarkio Board of Aldermen met on Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall. The Pledge of Allegiance was conducted. The regular meeting  Continue Reading »

The East Atchison high school basketball teams will host a Pink Out Night January 17, 2017, at Tarkio. The games against South Holt begin at 5 p.m. that night. All  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax High School Gym was full of music and elves Monday, December 19, 2016, as the preschool through high school students presented their Christmas program. A soup supper was  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax Forum and the Tarkio Avalanche will be combined with the Atchison County Mail on January 1, 2017. Subscribers and readers will be able to read news of the  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax R-3 School Board of Education held a regular board meeting December 15, 2016. Present were: Deanna Beck, Doug Miller, Chris Smith, Josh Oswald, Jon Graves, Matt Heits and  Continue Reading »

I have had the privilege of being the editor of the Fairfax Forum for the past five years. The weekly task of compiling the news of the community and surrounding  Continue Reading »

The annual election of members for the Atchison County University of Missouri Extension Council will take place January 3-20, 2017. There are two seats in the Tarkio R-I School District,  Continue Reading »

The annual election of members for the Atchison County University of Missouri Extension Council will take place January 3-20, 2017. There are two seats in the Tarkio R-I School District,  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax High School Music Department has been selected to perform at the 2017 State Basketball Championships in Columbia, Missouri. The High School Pep Band, High School Choir and the  Continue Reading »

All subscriptions to the Fairfax Forum and Tarkio Avalanche will expire December 31, 2016. The three county newspapers will be combined into one newspaper – The Atchison County Mail –  Continue Reading »

Winners of the Fairfax home Christmas decorating contest were: Dee and Kristy Duering, grand prize; Mike and Sandy Fisher, patriotic category; Debra Wyatt, traditional category; Reba Lasour and Jake Yackley,  Continue Reading »

The National FFA Foundation has awarded a $1,000 grant to Max Hopkins. Max is a member of the Fairfax FFA Chapter of Fairfax, Missouri, and was selected from hundreds of  Continue Reading »