LAKE PLACID —The New York State Police often get called to address highway safety issues, including boulders and other hazards; car accidents; and domestic disputes. They are, occasionally, brought in to investigate a crime. A first is being asked to help recover a biathlon team’s lost ...

There is not a lot of cultural diversity in winter sports other than by teams representing such countries as Brazil, China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines. Certainty not in the U.S. or most Western teams. Slowly, that is changing, at least in some areas, such as bobsledding. USA Bobsled ...

LAKE PLACID — The glow of the electronic flame inside the FISU cauldron in Brewster Park dimmed at 8:51 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22 as 12 days of sports competitions — fueled by more than five years of planning and nearly $550 million in state-funded upgrades to local winter sports venues — ...

LAKE PLACID — The usual sound of people talking, laughing and shopping along Lake Placid’s Main Street was replaced with the sound of music echoing throughout the otherwise quiet business district on Thursday, Jan. 19, one week after the 11-day FISU Winter World University Games ...

As I write this column during the first weekend of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games, the event is off to a really great start. My first day on Thursday, Jan. 12, was really action-packed. As a school, Lake Placid got to be part of the torch relay, and I also ...

LAKE PLACID — Prior to the start of the FISU Winter World University Games, Van Ledger said his goal was to qualify for the men’s biathlon 15K mass start. Not only did Ledger, a Lake Placid native and chemical engineering student at Montana State University, qualify for the event — ...