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Durango’s Mickel makes U.S. Winter Olympic team

Purgatory athlete will compete in moguls in February in Italy

Olympic visitors to Milan get a rare chance to glimpse restoration of a long-hidden Leonardo gem

MILAN – In honor of the Milan Cortina Olympics, Milan cultural officials are for a brief time only allowing visitors access to a long-hidden wall and ceiling painting by Leonardo da Vinci wh...

No snow, no problem: The plastic slope surrounded by sheep that produced Britain’s top skier

PENDLE, England – Nestled in the rolling countryside of Ribble Valley in northwest England is a modest ski slope about 140 yards long, 10 yards wide and surrounded by roaming sheep. It’s a g...

An uninhabited Scottish isle is home to the golden granite used in Olympic curling stones

AILSA CRAIG, Scotland – If you’re looking to strike gold – silver or bronze, too – look to Ailsa Craig. This uninhabited isle 10 miles off the coast of southwest Scotland is the source of th...

From Milan to Cortina, a glance at the 2026 Winter Olympics venues

MILAN – With less than 100 days to go, northern Italy is gearing up to host the Milan-Cortina Olympics, the most spread-out Winter Games in history. The two main clusters of the Games are Mi...

Durango’s Barnes twins featured with chapter in new book on Olympians

Barnes twins, author Doug Levy appeared at Maria’s Bookshop on Feb. 26

Durango Olympian Mike Elliott dies at age 82

Athlete was a three-time Winter Olympian in cross-country skiing

IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Utah and pushes state officials to help end FBI investigation

PARIS (AP) — What was expected to be a simple coronation of Salt Lake City as the 2034 Winter Olympic host turned into complicated Olympic politics Wednesday, as the IOC pushed Utah official...

‘Speed never scared me; Going big never scared me’ 14-year-old mogul skier has her sights set on achieving Olympic firsts

It was a miserable Wednesday morning in Vail – a depressing gloom in the sky and treacherous ice on the roads on and about the Pass. Walking around was no picnic either. Watching students na...

Durango’s Lanny Barnes wins gold medal at the Shotgun World Shoot

Barnes competed in Thailand last week

Bode Miller unveils movie on mental health in ski towns in Durango, Pagosa Springs

Famed ski racer will host a screening, panel Wednesday and Thursday

Winter Olympics feature three Indigenous women

Biggest rivalry in Beijing will be in the hockey rink