For decades, lawmakers, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Forest Service bargained over potential land swaps for the 80,000 acres. Starting in the 2010s, they tried pursuing ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. ELY, ...

From the editorial: "There’s no reason to believe the Boundary Waters are under any sort of imminent threat — other than from ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Multiple lawmakers from Minnesota have introduced legislation concerning mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year. State Representatives Pete Stauber, R-Minn, ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Biden administration moved Thursday to protect northeastern Minnesota’s pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from future mining, dealing a potentially fatal blow ...

Minnesota's food shelves struggle to keep up with demand in the wake of the longest federal government shutdown in history.

The Minnesota State Capitol rotunda was full for a rally to prevent mining in the Boundary Waters on Thursday May 8th. The rally was organized by multiple organizations including Sportsmen for the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. --The Minnesota Supreme Court has just issued another ruling that could block mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area. The court suspended a wastewater permit for the ...

ELY, Minn. - Two Minnesota adventurers are preparing to head into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for a full year. Tom and Amy Freeman plan to paddle out of Ely via the Kawishiwi River, ...

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 ...