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Darren Wolfson, jack-of-all-trades sports guy for KSTP and contributor for SKOR North, is one of the most trusted and locked-in sources of sports news in the Twin Cities. In order to get to know him a little better, as well as gather his thoughts on some recent Vikings matters, I went to the man himself for answers.

View Comments Port Huron Odyssey House and Port Huron Police Department are trying to break the cycle of substance use disorder by responding to peoples homes after an overdose. The two agencies launched the Mobile Overdose Response Team on April 20 in an effort to prevent overdoses and introduce people to recovery.  How does the program work? The response team is provided information following the departments response to an overdose and attempt to make contact with the person on either a T...

The Colorado Sun Alpine skier Lila Lapanja takes the first place podium as second and third place skiers Storm Klomhaus, center, and Tricia Mangan congratulate each other on the win from Women’s Giant Slalom National Championships at the base of Aspen Highlands on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) When just about every other resort in the world nixed contests for the 2020-21 winter, Aspen Snowmass hosted its busiest competition season ever. “It was monumental,” sa...

Goodbye, NorAms. Hello, U.S. championships. U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced Thursday the planned NorAm Cup Finals, previously scheduled from April 5 to 16 at Aspen Highlands, have been canceled and will be replaced with the 2021 U.S. Alpine Championships from April 5 to 14, also at Highlands. The event will include men’s and women’s downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined. The change occurred due to strict travel restrictions between U.S. and Canada related to the COVID-19 pande...

AN arts project aimed at reflecting Greenocks heritage within the towns new £20m health centre is nearing completion. Found, Fragmented and Forgotten is the culmination of years of research and work by local people and artists. The aim of the project was to highlight stories, anecdotes, objects, patterns, materials and histories embedded in the cultural environment of Inverclyde and to create new artwork from them. RIG Arts have pulled different artforms together by working with specia...

Mikaela Shiffrin competes in the 2017 World Cup Finals on Aspen Mountain. Photo by Anna Stonehouse/The Aspen Times. In a year with so little going on, John Rigney was happy to offer the North American skiing community the chance to end the season with something positive. The Aspen Skiing Co. senior vice president sees the NorAm Finals, which Aspen will host this spring, as a positive and needed springboard into next winter’s Olympic season. “We kind of knew there would be very few players i...