• Donate blood and save a life!

    Tarkio Technology Institute is hosting a Blood Drive Thursday, May 1, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 404 N. 13th Street in Tarkio. Sign up at savealifenow.org/group and use group code EI8G. For additional details, contact Laura Gibbons at 660-623-9071 or info@tarkiotech.com. For medical eligibility questions, call 800-688-0900. Those who show up to  Continue Reading »

  • Fairfax Farmers Market

    The Fairfax Farmers Market will begin Friday, May 2, 2025. It will be set up at Broadway and Hwy. 59, from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. All vendors are welcome. There are no fees, but you must supply your own canopy, tables, and chairs. For more information, contact Marilyn Alldredge at 660-744-3146.

  • Atchison County County-Wide Garage Sales

    FAIRFAX Indoor/Outdoor/Estate Sale 205 South Broadway Street, Fairfax Friday, May 2 Saturday, May 3 Sunday, May 4 Furniture, clothes, tools, knickknacks, electronics, kitchen items, and gardening tools. All negotiable. Straub 114 East Main Street, Fairfax (Indoors) Friday, May 2  •  3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, May 3  •  8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Prom  Continue Reading »

  • Fairfax city-wide clean-up

    The City of Fairfax will have dumpsters available on the west side of the Fairfax City Park Friday morning, May 2, through Sunday evening, May 4, or until they are full. A list of items not accepted will be displayed at the dump site. Please do not violate the dumping rules, as this is a  Continue Reading »

  • Annual Run for the Son motorcycle ride May 3

    Members of the Heartland Riders Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association will be participating in the annual Run for the Son motorcycle ride on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Run for the Son is a fundraiser supporting evangelistic efforts in the United States and around the world. Of the monies collected: • 20% is given to  Continue Reading »

  • Fairfax Baccalaureate

    The Fairfax Ministerial Alliance will host baccalaureate honoring the Fairfax High School Class of 2025 Sunday, May 4, at 2:00 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church at 500 N. Broadway in Fairfax. Jon Graves, a 1992 graduate of Fairfax High School, will be the speaker.

  • Rock Port baccalaureate

    The Rock Port Ministerial Alliance will honor the Rock Port Class of 2025 at a baccalaureate service Sunday, May 4. Grace Church, located at 403 W. U.S. Hwy. 136, will host the service, which will begin at 5:00 p.m. The speaker will be Pastor Devon Sons.

  • Planned roadwork

    The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in Atchison County for the week of May 5-11. There also may be moving operations throughout the region, in addition to the work mentioned below. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned  Continue Reading »

  • THS Baccalaureate

    BACCALAUREATE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2025, AT TARKIO FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. DINNER FOR SENIORS, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, SPONSORS, & ADMINISTRATION at 6:00 P.M.; BACCALAUREATE SERVICES at 7:00 P.M.

  • Fairfax R-3 Spring Concert

    Fairfax R-3 is gearing up for the school's spring concert to end the school year on a high note! The Fairfax concert will be held Wednesday, May 7, at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gym.