ELY— Twin Metals Minnesota announced on Thursday that it plans to use a more modern form of tailings storage than has been permitted for the proposed PolyMet Mine near Hoyt Lakes. Known as the … more

TOWER – A new Cook-Orr editor began reporting for the Timberjay this week. Crystal Dey is taking the helm for the newspaper’s coverage in the area with the departure of Marcus White, who is … more

REGIONAL- After months of stonewalling, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has released staff comments that the agency had prepared for the state-issued water quality permit for PolyMet … more

REGIONAL— The Trump administration has lifted the temporary suspension of mineral leasing on 234,000 acres of the Superior National Forest located within the Rainy River watershed. U.S. … more

Live and let live. That’s become my philosophy after 33 years living out here in the woods. And it’s a philosophy I had to think about again recently when a raccoon started raiding our … more

REGIONAL— It’s been forty years since the controversial passage of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act, a federal law that enacted significant new protections to 1.1 million acres of … more