• The 2011 Nevada State Fair has been canceled because of money issues. Only 13 percent of the fundraising goal had been met before the board made its decision this month.

• Zephyr Cove Elementary sixth-grader Aspen Kidd is going to the state National Geographic Geography Bee in Las Vegas on April 1.

• Lake Tahoe poet Brian Turner was in the top 10 for Britain’s T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry.

• The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding, has named Marriott International as its official hotel and lodging partner.

• The BEAR League is part of an Animal Planet series starting at 10 the nights of March 17, March 24 and March 31.