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Non-Profit Group Pushing to Purchase Big Moose Mountain, ME

Friends of the Mountain, a non-profit organization in Maine’s Piscataquis County, wants to purchase the Big Moose Mountain ski property on Moosehead Lake. According to the organization’s website, it must raise $5.95 million to buy the 1,216-acre ski area. Friends of the Mountain is also looking to acquire an additional 500 acres adjacent to the mountain with the purchase. The […]
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Cross Country Recap from FIS World Cup in Ruka, Finland: Triple U.S. Podium, Including Jessie Diggins’ Incredible Finish — Bloodied & Missing a Glove

Team USA had an incredible successful weekend at Ruka, Finland, finishing the weekend with valuable FIS points and three podiums. The FIS Cross Country World Cup in the Scandinavian resort was held in perfect, yet bitterly cold conditions. Temperatures this weekend were around 2°F to 11°F (-12°C to -17°C). The area gets only about six hours of daylight this time […]
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Julia Schneemann |
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Former Biathlon President Indicted On Corruption Charges

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Former President of the International Biathlon Union ‘IBU,’ Anders Besseberg, has been indicted by the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim) on corruption charges. The accused supposedly accepted bribes through cars, watches, prostitutes, and hunting trips. Besseberg was president of the IBU from 1992-2018 and allegedly accepted bribes from the Russian delegation between 2009-2018 […]
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Julia Schneemann |
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