A Chilean mining company has filed to renew mineral leases just outside Ely, Minn., so it can build sulfide ore copper mines on the border of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). To ...

DULUTH — An Ely, Minn. teen who stabbed his younger brother more than a dozen ... Christa Lawler covers Duluth and surrounding areas for the Star Tribune. Sign up to receive the new North Report ...

While other examples exist in the area, "most of the rest of it is not sitting out there so obvious," said John Green, geology professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota Duluth. "It's a ...

ELY, Minn. — When you think of Ely, you might think of a log cabin, cozy night by the fire or beautiful hike in the woods. That's why Afar Magazine named Ely as Minnesota's most charming small town.

A lake within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Sept. 4, 2019, in Ely, Minn. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) The Aug. 27 editorial “A safer strategy for going green” pointed to ...

The Biden administration moved Thursday to protect northeastern Minnesota's pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from future mining, dealing a potentially fatal blow to a copper-nickel ...

Plans for a controversial resort expansion near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have halted as the developer surrenders permits amid a lawsuit surrounding shoreline protections. Silver ...

FILE - A core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals on Oct. 4, 2011, containing copper, nickel and precious metals, center, that Twin Metals ...

ELY, Minn. — What started with a small group of people is having a big impact on protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Earlier this year, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland imposed a ...

The U.S. Forest Service this week closed Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area along the Canadian border because of fires. It's the first time in nearly half a century they've had to close the area.

A core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals on Oct. 4, 2011, containing copper, nickel and precious metals, center, that Twin Metals Minnesota LLC ...