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Capper Building to be uncapped for Fair The Capper Building will go capless for the 2021 Kansas State Fair. The Kansas State Fair Board agreed on Tuesday to pay up to $25,000 to have the roof on the 108-year-old building torn off but to leave the rest of the aging open-air structure in place for the upcoming fair. After the fair, the fair’s contracted architectural firm will explore costs for replacing it with a new building, also open-air but possibly made of steel and a synthetic wood wrap. A structural engineer examined the building in April and determined it was not structurally safe.

Social distancing? >> the rural parts of india, most of the people, like, in the cities, cannot work from home. so the matter is want to continue working because you have your livelihood, or do you stay at home and die of hunger? that is the situation with most of the poor people in india. so if you have that situation, you know, imposing very strict lockdowns cannot be sustainable for a long time. what we are seeing, each thorough there are -- even though lockdowns imposed, the government is not able to control those social distancing and all of the strict measures that have been in place. >>...

Thomas M. Farnham, 64, lifetime Havre resident, died Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls. Cremation has taken place at

Story highlights Carbon offsetting is an activity that reduces the carbon emissions caused by humans to be released into the atmosphere, a known cause for global warming In an effort to raise awareness on climate change and offset its effects on the environment, The Jurni, a highly curated newsletter on travel and culture, based in London/New Delhi has launched a unique initiative this Earth Day. The Jurni has gamified the concept of carbon offsetting flight emissions in a rather clever way, wherein readers are given the opportunity to help offset carbon emissions from air travel.  Carbon...

Kansas State Fair Board OKs seeking tax credits for Encampment remodel The Kansas State Fair Board voted Tuesday to support applying for state tax credits to raise money for converting the Fairgrounds Encampment Building into classrooms. The board previously approved the conversion proposed by a SkillsUSA executive last June, with a promise by that organization that it would raise all the necessary funds.  No work was to start until the required money, estimated at $300,000, was raised. The COVID-19 pandemic halted most fundraising. SkillsUSA supports career and technical programs in schools...