At some point in recent months, in conference rooms and on Zoom calls, senior executives started asking a deceptively simple question: How much more autonomy are we actually comfortable giving these ...

A proposed copper mine in northern Minnesota has become a battleground for politicians and environmentalists — and a pressing reason to explore the waterways. The Boundary Waters is the most heavily ...

Alison Young, a long-distance backpacker, attends a rally to call for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness at the Minnesota State Capitol on ...

The U.S. Senate simply reopened a process that had been closed. The risks to the Boundary Waters are still real and subject to review. In transboundary waters, the risks of mining are often described ...

The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 Thursday to allow sulfide mining in areas near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The vote ends President Joe Biden’s 20-year moratorium on mining leases across ...

Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ...

The Senate on Thursday voted to repeal Biden-era protections for a contentious wilderness area in Minnesota, sending the question to President Trump’s desk. The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn a ...

The Senate on Thursday overturned a mining moratorium in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, a boon for a Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta. The chamber voted 50-49 to overturn a 20-year ...

The Senate voted 50-49 on Thursday to repeal a ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, a significant step toward reviving a controversial project to mine a portion ...