Dan Kraker

The new 100-kilometer Ski North Ultra scheduled for later this winter along the North Shore of Lake Superior will be the longest race specifically for cross country skiers in the region.

The project, called Incline Village, on the former site of Duluth Central High School, is expected to include nearly 1,200 market rate condos and apartments and 80,000 square feet of retail.

Backers of a proposed $45 million expansion of Silver Rapids Lodge near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have dropped their plans after a lawsuit from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

A new project at a small landfill on Minnesota’s Iron Range is simultaneously helping to tackle two of society’s most vexing environmental problems — climate change and the treatment of so-called “forever chemicals.”

President-elect Trump has promised to reverse Biden administration actions to block proposed copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters. But there is a lot that would need to happen before any mine could open.

Minnesota’s tourism and hospitality industry had a rough summer, with about half of businesses reporting drops in customers and revenue, according to a new survey from the Minneapolis Fed.

The historically warm and snow-free winter thus far across Minnesota is disheartening to skiers, snowmobilers and ice anglers. And it is taking a toll on small businesses that depend on those winter outdoor enthusiasts.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals Monday upheld a key air permit for the proposed mine formerly known as PolyMet, but several other key permits have either been revoked or sent back to state agencies for additional work.

A massive new report details the University of Minnesota’s long history of mistreating the state’s Native people and lays out recommendations, including “perpetual reparations,” to improve relations between the U and Minnesota’s 11 tribal nations.

Entirely within the boundaries of the Fond du Lac reservation, it has served as the primary research and education forest for the University of Minnesota since 1909.