A bill to extend unemployment benefits for laid off miners is one step closer to approval. Senator Hauschild’s Bill was successfully Amended to Jobs Bill during Senate Floor Debate. Iron Range ...

Minnesota Power is currently reporting nearly 2,900 customers are without power across it’s service area as of 4:52 p.m. on ...

Our first taste of spring thunderstorms brought heavy rain, hail and lightning in this first round of storms, with some areas losing power.

The Iron Ore Alliance named former State Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk recipient of its fourth-annual “Hard Rock Miners” ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

Tribal nations in Minnesota have long raised concerns about pollution from taconite mines on the state’s Iron Range. The ...

World-class Hmong American dining, the world’s largest freshwater lake, and excellent mountain biking are just a few compelling reasons to visit the North Star State. Planning a trip to the ...

Smith’s bill would prohibit sulfide mining on the 225,504 acres in an area where the BWCAW waters flow into Voyageurs National Park. It also would permit the U.S. Forest Service to allow the ...

The District 6 Republican forum took place Tuesday, April 8, at Forestview Middle School with seven of the eight candidates. The primary election is April 15. The District 6 Republican forum took ...

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