Minnesota lawmakers are ramping up efforts to prevent mining companies from gaining a foothold in Minnesota with legislation that aims to slow or ban copper-nickel mining in the state's northeastern Iron Range.
Two leading opponents of sulfide mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are apologizing for remarks sharply criticizing mining supporters.
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum says she has won assurances from the Trump administration that it will proceed with a two-year study on whether copper-nickel mining should be permitted on federal lands in the watershed that flows into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
Two Minnesota adventurers who canoed 2,000 miles from Ely to Washington, D.C., last year have announced their next expedition - they plan to spend an entire year in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Authorities in northeastern Minnesota say a 27-year-old Duluth man has died after becoming ill while hiking a remote trail in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.