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 ...

There are 16 sports in all, including some never seen before, and 116 gold medals are waiting to be awarded during the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina, Italy. Milan’s San Siro stadium is the venue for the Friday, Feb. 6 opening ceremony, which is usually the most viewed moment ...