FAIRFAX R-3 The 2025 – 2026 school year at Fairfax R-3 School District will begin Wednesday, August 20. Please label all supplies with the student’s name. The following are lists of supplies needed ...

Caralee Barker of Tarkio is now working full-time in the Fairfax Post Office. (Submitted photo) Kay Graves of Fairfax, ...

Becky Oxner started work this month as the City of Rock Port’s new utility office manager following the retirement of Terri McGuire. Becky, a graduate of Rock Port High School, has over 30 years of ...

What nocturnal predator made away with the owl statue that has sat on this stump between Fairfax and Tarkio on Hwy. 59 for quite some time? The owl was nailed down, so it’s unlikely it was blown over ...

Blake Dodson joined his siblings, Kasen and Journey, in splashing around some water puddles that formed from heavy rains falling over Tarkio last week. The parking lot at the football field provided a ...

By Brian Hagen It’s official: a new executive director is appointed for the North East Kansas Multi-County Health Departments ...

Local youth attended a youth production workshop last week at the Liberty Theatre in Rock Port. Directed by Mikaela Sons and ...

The Tarkio Fire Department is hosting a four-man scramble golf tournament Friday, August 1, at the Tarkio Golf Course, 1106 Park Street. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun Continue ...

Join the Atchison County Health Department and Community Hospital-Fairfax for milk and cookies at a community baby shower Wednesday, August 13, to celebrate Breastfeeding Awareness Month. All ...