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We need a big conversation in the Adirondack North Country about how tourism is evolving and what it means for the region's hospitality industry www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Inside the $50M push to reconnect North Creek, Gore Mountain North Creek aims to reclaim its "ski town" heritage, linking Gore Mountain’s 250k annual visitors to a transformed downtown.

Astonishing ORDA has invested tens of millions of dollars of NYS taxpayer money in Adirondack Gore ski area with so little impact on North Creek main street business. The proposed solution? Spend tens of millions more. @adirondackexplorer.bsky.social www.adirondackexplorer.org/economy/nort...

Mideast clashes breach Olympic truce as athletes gather for Winter Paralympic Games Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.

Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.

Mideast clashes breach Olympic truce as athletes gather for Winter Paralympic Games Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.

My latest from Milan for @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/03/01/n...

U.S. boosts gold medal tally at Winter Games, led by athletes from handful of states The U.S. is a winter sport powerhouse, second only to Norway. The wins at the Milan Cortina Games come disproportionately from athletes who emerged in a handful of states from Alaska to Vermont.

The U.S. is a winter sport powerhouse, second only to Norway. The wins at the Milan Cortina Games come disproportionately from athletes who emerged in a handful of states from Alaska to Vermont. n.pr/3OrMmYw

Trump's team always claims the right to declare when things are or are not a crisis. One day America has to be saved from imminent peril. The next day it's cool to go golfing or partying with the hockey team. The next day it's back to desperate times demand desperate measures...

U.S. boosts gold medal tally at Winter Games, led by athletes from handful of states The U.S. is a winter sport powerhouse, second only to Norway. The wins at the Milan Cortina Games come disproportionately from athletes who emerged in a handful of states from Alaska to Vermont.

That's a wrap from Milan Cortina! Hopping off social media again. Thanks for tagging along :) www.npr.org/2026/02/23/n...

Not bad for my very first hockey game...

Denmark Rejects Trump’s Plan to Send Hospital Boat to Greenland

Factually while Trump is talking about sending a medical ship to Greenland, where healthcare is already universally available, US cities on the East Coast desperately need warming and shelter space for Americans during the winter storm. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...

Looking back on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina YouTube video by NPR

My takeaways...and the takeaways of other vastly more knowledgeable @npr.org sports reporters here in Milan... youtu.be/iISPJPQXoJU?...

Accountability in Great Britain and South Korea looks very different than it does in the U.S.

Olympic authority lacks a long-term plan for its venues. ORDA's board will vote on what's next At its meeting on Friday, ORDA's Board of Directors is expected to vote on a $3 million contract for a consulting firm to create a 30-year maintenance plan.

Italy will have to decide what to do with venues built/modernized/expanded for these Winter Olympics. Lake Placid NY has struggled with that question for decades, with a growing price tag and concerns about sustainability. From @ncprnews.bsky.social
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Love this www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...

My latest from Cortina for @npr.org

Sweet redemption for Shiffrin, who wins Olympic gold TKTKTKTKT

My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...

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Ogden, Schumacher grab silver for U.S. in Olympic cross-country team sprint, Diggins falls short U.S. cross-country skiers Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher power to a silver medal in the men's team sprint. U.S. women led by Jessie Diggins finish off the podium.

Wow. www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...

Whenever anyone pontificates that someone else should keep their mouth shut about important matters because they are only (fill in the blank, an athlete, an artist, a student, a plumber, whatever), the appropriate answer in a democratic society is a polite $#@%%! off.

Italy's athletes shine at the Milan Cortina Olympics Call it homefield advantage, call it national pride. Italy's athletes are shining in the Winter Olympics underway in Milan and the Alps.

Call it homefield advantage, call it national pride. Italy's athletes are shining in the Winter Olympics underway in Milan and the Alps. n.pr/4bZzRx6

Two U.S. moms in their 40s rocketed to gold and bronze in Olympic bobsled showdown American sliders Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, and Kaillie Humphreys, 40, secure gold and bronze medals. Meyers-Taylor built on her record as the Black athlete with the most Winter Olympics medals.

My new favorite story from these Olympics www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...

Italy's athletes shine at the Milan Cortina Olympics Call it homefield advantage, call it national pride. Italy's athletes are shining in the Winter Olympics underway in Milan and the Alps.

My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...

One Olympic sport doesn't allow women. These Games could determine its future Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport that doesn't allow women to compete, despite athletes' efforts to change that. They say their odds for 2030 hinge on people watching men's events this week.

Important from @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...

U.S. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin finishes another Olympic race without a medal U.S. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin looks unstoppable everywhere except the Olympics. She's running out of chances to medal at the Milan Cortina Games.

U.S. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin looks unstoppable everywhere except the Olympics. She's running out of chances to medal at the Milan Cortina Games. n.pr/4amqWVi

Rockstar athletes like Ilia Malinin often get 'the yips' at the Olympics. It can make them stronger Ilia Malinin's painful falls at the Milan Cortina Games follow in a long tradition of great U.S. athletes who get the "yips" or the "twisties" during the Olympics.

Ilia Malinin's painful falls at the Milan Cortina Games follow in a long tradition of great U.S. athletes who get the "yips" or the "twisties" during the Olympics. n.pr/4cBImym

U.S. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin finishes another Olympic race without a medal U.S. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin looks unstoppable everywhere except the Olympics. She's running out of chances to medal at the Milan Cortina Games.

My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/02/15/n...

Rockstar athletes like Ilia Malinin often get 'the yips' at the Olympics. It can make them stronger Ilia Malinin's painful falls at the Milan Cortina Games follow in a long tradition of great U.S. athletes who get the "yips" or the "twisties" during the Olympics.

My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/02/15/n...

Good night beautiful world

2026 Milan Cortina Olympics Updates and analysis from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy.

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Ukrainian sled racer says he will wear helmet honoring slain soldiers despite Olympic ban Vladyslav Heraskevych, a skeleton sled racer, says he will wear a helmet showing images of Ukrainian athletes killed defending his country against Russia's full-scale invasion. International Olympic C...

My latest from Milan Ukrainian sled racer says he will wear helmet honoring slain soldiers despite Olympic ban www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...

My latest from Milan