By USSA PARK CITY — Dylan Ferguson of Amesbury, Mass., jumped his way through three finals rounds to come in second at the Visa Freestyle International at Deer Valley Resort on Friday, his first career FIS Freestyle World Cup podium. Zongyang Jia of China was the men’s winner. Mengtao Xu led...

By USSA GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn of Vail produced a stunning, on-edge downhill run in Garmisch to win the historic 50th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup of her career on Saturday. The victory, Vonn’s 25th in downhill, came after trailing at the first four...

By Green Bay Press Gazette GIBSON, Wisc. — A boy hanging from a ski lift 25 feet above the ground was safely caught by a group of people below him, a witness said Monday. The boy was seen about 2:45pm Sunday hanging from a chair on the lift at Hidden Valley Ski & Snowboard Area in Manitowoc County,...

Tahoe City Golf Course’s future is the subject of a noon Feb. 7 meeting at Tahoe City Public Utility District’s board room (221 Fairway Drive, Tahoe City). The district is still finalizing the $5 million agreement to buy the property from the Bechdolt family. Still to be decided is if the...

By USSA CHAMONIX, France – Bode Miller of Franconia, N.H., came within 0.01 of victory in the first of two Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhills in Chamonix on Friday, as Klaus Kroell snagged the first Austrian speed win of the season. Swiss Didier Cuche finished third to snap a two-race win streak,...

Northstar will host the Tough Mudder event series Sept. 22-23 at the Truckee resort. Tough Mudder events are 10- to 12-mile obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. With the most innovative courses, half a million participants,...

By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Maintaining the status quo when it comes to protecting Nevada’s sage grouse will eventually lead to its listing under the Endangered Species Act, a situation that could come with widespread economic impact to the state, experts said. Instead, federal and state officials...

By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog famous for making midwinter weather forecasts, had his moment in the spotlight early Thursday and declared that winter is far from over. But the competition begs to differ. From Canada to Staten Island to the tiny town of...

Heavenly Mountain Resort is teaming up with Nike Snowboarding to host the fifth stop of the Nike Winter Chosen Tour on Feb. 4. The slopestyle rail jam will take place from 4-7pm on World Cup. Nike’s Winter Chosen consists of two components: a video crew competition, in which riding and filming crews...

By Stacy Finz, San Francisco Chronicle A new Plant Hardiness Zone Map released by the federal government Wednesday shows that temperatures across the country are getting warmer and could affect gardens and crops. The map is designed to help the estimated 80 million gardeners in this country, as well...