President William McKinley may never have set foot in Alaska but one of President Donald Trump’s first executive actions upon reentering the White House was to reestablish its most famous mountain — ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector ...

North America’s tallest peak is renamed Mt. McKinley, but many Alaskans favor a name that spans deep into history.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Denali, North America’s tallest peak, back to its former name, ...

Alaskans say they will never stop calling the peak Denali despite President Trump’s executive order that the name revert to ...

While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.

Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, Melissa Arnot Reid, and other climbers and guides react to President Trump’s renaming of Alaska’s ...

Finally, in 2015, President Barack Obama officially moved to change the name to Denali on the eve of a historic trip to ...

JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Wednesday that he would seek out a conversation with President Donald Trump about his ...

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The ...

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has opposed the name change. “I strongly disagree with the President’s decision on Denali,” ...

Murkowski is a moderate with a history of bucking her party and Trump when she has felt it was the right thing to do.