The move comes within a day of Republican leaders removing language from a budget bill that would do just that.

U.S. House Republicans have removed a provision in the federal budget bill that would have reversed a pause on mining on federal land within the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

While Tuesday was a win for opponents of copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters, organizations were quick to say the ...

Environmental groups celebrated the decision, which was expected to be voted on by the full chamber Wednesday.

U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D) is joining environmentalists in celebrating successful efforts to block Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness mining permissions in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful ...

The bill would have stripped protections from the Boundary Waters watershed, opening the door to potentially toxic copper ...

Senate Republicans asked the House to strike a provision from its budget bill that would green-light mineral leasing in the ...

The bill has already passed in the House and is now facing pushback in the Senate, where one Minnesota senator is celebrating ...

U.S. House committee approved removing language on mineral leases in northeastern Minnesota; Senate likely to follow.

The National Incident Management Organization announced the Horse River fire was 100% contained as of Sunday. The fire, which ...

In the summer of 2004, as an intern at The Monitor, I remember gazing up at the Elkhorns on one side of Highway 69 and the ...

Lake Ontario, one of the region's five Great Lakes, is the only one that doesn't border Michigan. Here's what to know.