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The Tarkio Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for the new business, Hope N Reigns, Tuesday, February 4, 2025. Owned and managed by Julie Koop and located in the  Continue Reading »

Fairfax 8th grader Aliyah Pearce, left, won the Atchison County Spelling Bee February 4, 2025, in Fairfax. Tarkio’s Nadine Henning, second from left, placed second, followed by Fairfax’s Brody Landess,  Continue Reading »

Second Harvest mobile food pantries in Atchison County are now taking place at Rock Port High School, 600 S. Nebraska Street. The next mobile food pantry will be Monday, February  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax Methodist Church will host a free meal for the Fairfax community Saturday, February 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The menu will include chili, potato soup, grilled  Continue Reading »

Boundless Grace in Tarkio is hosting The Prom Project. The ladies who run the Tarkio organization are seeking formal wear donations to give students an opportunity to shop for prom  Continue Reading »

During the month of January, the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office received 107 calls for service. Twenty-five of these calls for service resulted in a report, ranging from simple misdemeanors to  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Sheriff’s Department was notified of a potential threat reported at the Rock Port High School on January 30, 2025. Atchison County deputies responded to investigate in cooperation  Continue Reading »

Atchison County estab-lishments 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 »

Left undetected over time, high blood pressure can lead to heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, vision loss, kidney disease or failure, and many other significant health issues. Community Hospital-Fairfax staff  Continue Reading »

(Submitted by Atchison County Health Department) Every year more than 600,000 Americans die from heart disease. Heart Disease is the number one cause of death for most groups in the  Continue Reading »

The car wash on the south side of Tarkio, part of the former Torrey Pines gas station, now The Gas Spot, is being demolished.

Merylan and Darryl Lowrey were among the 309 people who attended the Tarkio FFA fish fry Sunday, February 2, 2025, in the Tarkio High School ag shop. The fish fry  Continue Reading »