People & Living

Cindy Walker Burton’s heartfelt story, “From Pain to Purpose,” is featured in the July issue of Mature Living magazine.  Cindy’s personal story reflects on her emotional journey of pain following  Continue Reading »

Tarkio First Baptist Church invites children ages preschool-5th grade to Wonder Junction Vacation Bible School, where attendees will marvel at Jesus and live for His glory! There’s no greater joy  Continue Reading »

Rock Port Food Pantry The Rock Port Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry is low on the following items: cake mixes, Jello, pudding mix, boxed mashed potatoes, Jiffy cornbread mix, stuffing mix,  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Rotary Club President Gary Riley, right, installed Darryl Lowrey, left, as the new president for 2025-26. (Submitted by Anita Sutter)

Submitted by Pastor David Shadinger, Rock Port United Methodist Church Workers at full-service banks, restaurants and gas stations used to offer a variety of necessary or expected services. Unfortunately, those  Continue Reading »

Rick and Sue (Lorenz) Dalrymple, former Rock Port residents, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 4, 2025. They were married at the Rock Port Baptist Church in 1975. They  Continue Reading »

Robert and June Patterson will be celebrating 60 years of marriage on July 25, 2025. Please join their children and families in celebrating them on Saturday, July 19, from 1:00  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax Fair, sponsored annually by the Fairfax Optimist Club, will be Friday and Saturday, August 15 and 16, followed by church in the park on Sunday, August 17. This  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Library is hosting Lego club events for kids this summer. These children ages preschool through sixth grade had fun building things with legos on Thursday, June 26,  Continue Reading »

Des Moines Area Community College President Rob Denson recently released the names of students eligible for the Spring Semester Dean’s List. To be eligible, a student must have completed a  Continue Reading »

Trophies were handed out by the Atchison County Health Department to a few of the participants of the Bicycle Rodeo held Saturday, June 21, 2025. Kinley Niles earned a Birthday  Continue Reading »

A gigantic wall cloud moved in during a storm Monday, June 30, 2025, and is pictured hanging over the Rock Port Municipal Park. (Cynthia Walker Burton photo)