Last November the International Biathlon Union announced that the 2004 World Cup biathlon competition will be held at the Maine Winter Sports Center’s 10th Mountain Ski Center in Fort Kent. That followed by a handful of months the announcement that the 2006 World Junior Championship competition will be held at the Presque Isle Nordic Heritage Ski Center...

The nonprofit Maine Winter Sports Center was founded in 1998 with help from a $6-million grant from the Libra Foundation in Portland to rejuvenate the skiing culture of Aroostook County... The group has also created skiing programs in many local schools and developed a network of ski trails across much of the County.