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The Atchison County Health Department is hosting an open house and ribbon cutting at the new health center, located at 521 Main Street in Tarkio, on Thursday, June 26, 2025.  Continue Reading »

Pleasant View Nursing Home’s annual fireworks display will be held Friday, June 27, 2025, with entertainment and fireworks starting at 7:30 p.m. (The meal held before the entertainment is strictly  Continue Reading »

The Ministry Team of Fairfax Methodist Church will sponsor a fellowship cook-out Saturday, June 28. The event is free for the Fairfax community and will begin at 6:00 p.m. in  Continue Reading »

Swimming lessons at the Tarkio Municipal Pool will be held July 7-11, 2025. Classes will take place between 6:00 and 8:30 p.m. so that the pool can remain open to  Continue Reading »

Rock Port deals with power outages Rock Port residents dealt with power outages Sunday and Monday, June 22 and 23, 2025. Trees and limbs coming in contact with lines and  Continue Reading »

When Donovan Spears and Dara Whipple with A Place On Main took the soffit off of the front of their building recently, they discovered the original paint job of one  Continue Reading »

The City of Fairfax Board of Aldermen held a regular meeting June 18, 2025. The meeting was called to order by Tabitha Wintz, Mayor, at 6:00 p.m. Roll was taken.  Continue Reading »

On June 4, 2025, Atchison County Deputies, with assistance from the Cyber Crimes Task Force, arrested James Richard Ball of Fairfax, Missouri, for suspicion of Possession of Child Pornography and  Continue Reading »

The City of Tarkio Board of Aldermen met Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at Tarkio City Hall. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited at 6:00 p.m. Clerk Kephart conducted roll call:  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio High School grounds are receiving some needed renovations, including several sidewalk projects being completed by Hoffman Concrete.   The Tarkio R-I Board of Education held its regular monthly  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Library Summer Reading program began Monday, June 23, 2025, at the Tarkio Library. The children enjoyed making crafts (above) and reading/listening to books (at top). The program  Continue Reading »

By Jesse Murphy Rock Port Board of Aldermen met on Wednesday, June 18. One of the top pieces on the agenda was to hear a presentation from Mike Klosek regarding  Continue Reading »