Minn., has introduced a bill to ban copper-nickel mining on nearly a quarter-million acres of federal land in the same ...

The legislation would make permanent a 20-year ban on that type of mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest in the ...

U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota has introduced legislation to permanently ban mining for copper, nickel and precious metals ...

Smith emphasizes that her legislation would not ban or restrict existing or potential mining projects outside the Rainy River watershed.

It amounts to some of the most forceful opposition yet as the Education Department uses federal funding as leverage to enact Trump’s agenda on issues from DEI to transgender athletes.

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - They had the numbers. Nearly half a mile of protesters lined one of Alexandria’s busiest streets, carrying signs supporting parks and forests, Social Security and veterans, the ...

Like many Colorado mountain towns, the economies of Cripple Creek and Victor depend on visitors taking a long trip down a ...

St. Paul does have one of the U.S.'s best restaurants, however. Plus: Beer prices rise, U.S. Steel merger is back on the table, and more.

A survivor of a W. Va. mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago is speaking out against a Trump recommendation to ...

A group of Iron Range legislators introduced the “Minnesota Miners Relief Act” at a news conference on April 2nd where they were joined by a collection of miners, local officials, ...

Once a major gold mining hub in the Black Hills, this South Dakota town has transformed itself into a year-round vacation ...

Senator Robert Farnsworth (R-Hibbing) on April 2nd joined the Range delegation at a press conference to discuss the Minnesota Miner’s Relief Act to support laid-off miners from Cleveland-Cliffs facili ...