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Tarkio High School FCCLA members Brody Wennihan, Brooklyn Wennihan, and Sydnee Bruns attended the Missouri State FCCLA Leadership Conference. Brooklyn and Sydnee placed fourth in the competition and Brody placed  Continue Reading »

Fairfax FFA members had another exciting evening, this time competing in the Area 1 LDE’s. Charlie Smith (top) competed in Advanced Public Speaking and ended up with first place, advancing  Continue Reading »

Shelbie (Gaines) Graham was the guest speaker at the Rock Port R-II Academic Ceremony. She wanted the students to know that they would always have someone rooting for them to  Continue Reading »

Adam Meyerkorth with Meyerkorth Aviation talks with a smaller group of students about one of the planes his company uses to spray crops all over the midwest region.   Lee  Continue Reading »

Community Hospital-Fairfax’s Ashlee Driskell, Cody Tubbs, and Krystal Anderson talk about the health care field to area sophomores at the Tarkio Tech Career Day March 20, 2024.   Jeff Agnew  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio R-I Board of Education held the regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the central office of the Tarkio R-I School District. Board  Continue Reading »

The annual Atchison County Mark Twain Battle of the Books competition is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2024, at the Tarkio Resource Center (11th and Walnut streets). Registration  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax High School Junior/Senior Prom will be held Saturday, March 23, 2024. This year’s theme is “Let’s Groove Tonight.” A promenade has been scheduled for family members and friends  Continue Reading »

Early childhood screenings for children ages 3-5 years old who are not entering kindergarten in the fall will be held Tuesday, March 26, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at  Continue Reading »

The 2024 Tarkio High School Junior/Senior Prom will be held Saturday, April 6, at the Tarkio Community Building. The theme is “Party like it’s Mardi Gras!” The public is invited  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax R-3 School District Board of Education met February 12, 2024. Jon Graves, board president, called the meeting to order at 5:33 p.m. Also in attendance were: Brett Johnson,  Continue Reading »

The mixed eight vocal ensemble of Addison Noland, Alex Barnett, Claire Martin, Lizzie Schlueter, Brody Wennihan, Ian Stepp, Chase Pearson, and Quin Staten earned a I. (Submitted photos)   The  Continue Reading »