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The area would make more money from tourism in the long-term, it says.

Tourism groups meanwhile have launched a lawsuit to protect the Boundary Waters.

After an opening monologue, talk turned to the mining and steel industry.

So how close is the NorthMet copper-nickel mine to actually being built?

North Hibbing still has signs of life, even though no one lives there.

'They want somebody to just give them a job so they can all drink beer.'