January 05, 2008

Prefer a bike to skis or a snowboard?

Things used to be so simple: Kids rode bikes, adults drove, and in winter everybody who didn't ski stayed indoors. Not anymore. On any given weekday at, say, Verdi Elementary School, the bike rack might hold two or three bicycles. Most students ride the bus or get dropped

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January 03, 2008

Sports Shorts: January 3, 2008

SARANAC -- The Mountain Lions Snowbmobile Club will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the Saranac Town Hall. PLATTSBURGH -- The January meeting of the Algonquin Chapter of the ADK will be held Friday and will feature a program by Gary Peacock on his bike tour of France entitled "Ride of a

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Missing teenage boy last seen with two men

Police are searching for a 14-year-old boy who they believe may have been spotted with two men in a Mandurah shopping centre. James Paul Strickland has been missing since Tuesday morning when he was riding his blue mountain bike on Murdoch Drive in suburban

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December 17, 2007

KM Gateway soars beyond latest hurdle

KINGS MOUNTAIN Another hurdle has been cleared in the efforts to connect Kings Mountain to nearby state and national parks after city council unanimously approved the master plan and authorized the mayor to sign a grant application for the

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December 14, 2007

Telluride will test

KETCHUM, Idaho - When the Jeep King of the Mountain Series, one of sports most prestigious events over the past 15 years, joined with The Ski Tour, which in its first year seamlessly blended racing and music to celebrate the mountain culture, the goal was to create an event powerful enough to bridge the gap between the Winter Olympics and the X

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December 05, 2007

MEC looks within for its new CEO

Mountain Equipment Co-op has looked to within its own senior management team for its next chief executive officer. David Labistour, presently MEC's senior manager of buying and design, has been appointed CEO of Canada's leading outdoor retailer, the co-operative announced

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December 04, 2007

U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Julia Mancuso Finds Home at Fairmont Tamarack

Fairmont Tamarack, a 374 unit luxury hotel condominium development located at Idaho's Tamarack Resort, locked up Olympic Gold Medalist Julia Mancuso to a multi-year partnership to enhance the profile of the resort's three-year old ski

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November 28, 2007

Eagle County getting a makeover

EAGLE COUNTY Image is everything especially when it comes to becoming a premiere mountain community, county officials say. Visitors and residents said they would describe the Vail Valley in a variety of ways from an upscale ski resort town to a rapidly growing, dynamic

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