WILMINGTON — A Georgia man died while skiing at the Whiteface Mountain ski center on Feb. 4. State Police said that Michael E. Vacek Jr., 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, was reported missing around 10 a.m. to the Whiteface Mountain Ski Patrol by the group of friends he was skiing with after he ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer hadn’t won a race this season on the World Cup circuit. They weren’t even contenders in many of them. Ah, the comforts of home. A little Italian ice changed everything — and the first women’s doubles luge champions ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — A gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics weighs 506 grams, or just over 1.1 pounds. It’s a fairly heavy necklace. Sorry, Max Langenhan. The additional neck pain might be worth it. Langenhan — a two-time defending World Cup overall champion from ...

SARANAC LAKE — North Country Community College marked its seventh consecutive semester of enrollment growth when the spring semester started on Jan. 27 — this time seeing a 10% year-to-year increase in student numbers since the start of the 2025 spring semester. Marketing and Enrollment ...

RAY BROOK — The start date of the Adirondack Park Agency’s adjudicatory hearing for a proposed howitzer testing range in the town of Lewis has been delayed again, from Feb. 25 to April 22. The APA had not issued a public statement on this issue as of press time Wednesday, Feb. 11, ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — For Italy, it was a double-gold night in doubles luge. And for the U.S., the wait for the biggest prize in the sport will continue. Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner of Italy rallied in the second heat to win the Olympic men’s doubles gold medal at ...