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Alaska House lawmakers debate education funding, election reform, and more
Alaska House lawmakers debate education funding, election reform, and federal policies like immigration and renaming Denali.
Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...
Jon Krakauer and Other Prominent Climbers React to Denali's Name Change to Mount McKinley
Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, Melissa Arnot Reid, and other climbers and guides react to President Trump’s renaming of Alaska’s ...
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AP Stylebook update: Denali is now Mount McKinley but the Gulf of America is still the Gulf of Mexico
In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name ...
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Could a push to expand winter trails boost a controversial mining road west of Anchorage?
The Denali Commission, a federal agency based in Anchorage, is known for funding mundane infrastructure upgrades in rural ...
Trump order seeks to change the name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley
In 2015, the name of the peak was changed during the Obama administration to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and ...