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Digging deep to predict spring floods
A wide-ranging sampling of the snowpack around the region started Monday morning, which will provide the National Weather Service and other weather observers with key information as they determine whether record snowfalls around the region will turn into spring floods.
For the few who heat homes with coal, it's still king
Nearly 130,000 homes in the U.S. still burn coal for heat. Despite decades of decline and concerns about climate change, companies in the coal home-heating business are optimistic about the future.
Access to Apostle Islands ice caves unlikely this winter
Despite near total ice coverage on Lake Superior, National Park Service officials say it's getting less and less likely the ice caves in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will be accessible to the public this winter.
Enbridge pushes Line 3 timeline back a year
Enbridge had said throughout the permitting process that the line would be in service by the end of 2019. But the company said Friday that it now doesn't expect the new pipeline to enter service until the second half of 2020.