And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

and the summit was known as that for thousands of years. Then a prospector in Alaska who admired president-elect William McKinley and his support for the gold standard called it Mount McKinley in ...

McKinley witnessed two pivotal moments in mountaineering history. This is Part 1, the story of McKinley's first winter ascent ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory said signs indicated a Mount Spurr eruption was likely, though not certain, in the weeks or ...

A volcano near Alaska’s largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at ...

America has always stripped the land of its original Indigenous names. It's had surprising climate implications ...

William McKinley, the 25th president, hailed from Ohio and never visited Alaska, but a prospector dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” in 1896 — the year McKinley went on to be elected president.

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory on Wednesday said Mount Spurr is at risk of erupting within the next few weeks or months, potentially impacting residents 78 miles away in the city of Anchorage.