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EPISODE · Jan 7, 2026 · 9 MIN

1/7/26: Lake Placid gets a second World Cup this weekend

from Story of the Day · host NCPR News

(Jan 7, 2026) Drought and thin snowfall in the West is benefitting an Olympic venue in the Adirondacks. Lake Placid is now hosting a World Cup ski event that was moved from Utah due to lack of snow. Also: The U.S. Border Patrol says it detained a Venezuelan woman in Malone last week for being in the country illegally.

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