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On Saturday, June 25, 2016, the Doug Summa Memorial Park 5K Run/Walk and Kids’ Fun Run/Walk will take place near the park on South 3rd Street in Tarkio. New this  Continue Reading »

Burlington Junction Town & Country Days, “Community, A Timeless Tradition,” will be held June 17-19, 2016, in Burlington Junction, Missouri. Below is a list of some of the festivities taking  Continue Reading »

Atchison County 4-H – Held a cake decorating class on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, for youth in the cake decorating project. Michelle Oswald from Memories in the Baking taught youth  Continue Reading »

If you have changes or additions that need to be made to the Tarkio Lions Club calendar, please call or stop by the Tarkio Avalanche ASAP (660-736-4111 or 521 Main  Continue Reading »

With today’s Smartphone technology, most people now have camera access. If you are at an event, or see something newsworthy, and have a camera or a phone handy, stop and  Continue Reading »

A HOUSE – Located on the south side of the 400th block of Broad Street in Tarkio was demolished by the Kloseks and Atchison Recycleing on Wednesday, June 8, 2016.  Continue Reading »

I wish I had the score card. But I don’t. So I don’t know exactly which team I watched from the center field stands the summer Busch Stadium II opened.  Continue Reading »

The Bi-Annual Nelson Family Reunion will be held at 12 noon on Sunday, June 26, 2016, at the Tarkio Community Building. Nels and Mary Laumann Nelson descendants and their families  Continue Reading »

Each semester, students at Missouri State University who attain academic excellence are named to the dean’s list. For undergraduate students, criteria includes enrollment in at least six credit hours during  Continue Reading »

Petra – homes and theater area. Finally, we made it to the bottom of the hill and found ourselves at Petra. The site was inhabited for thousands of years until  Continue Reading »

On Saturday, June 4, 2016, the Community Hospital-Fairfax Auxiliary, the Tarkio Police Department, Rock Port Police Department, and Atchison County Sheriff’s Department teamed up to hold an Atchison County Drug  Continue Reading »

ERICA TAYLOR – A member of the Schoolhouse Rock Team, is pictured at left at the Tarkio Rodeo selling chances to win two tickets to an upcoming Kansas City Royals’  Continue Reading »