Subscribe today. On Monday, January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Alaska’s 20,310-foot Denali, the highest peak in North America. The mountain’s name ...
President Trump has ordered the name of North America's tallest peak to revert from Denali to its former name: Mount McKinley. We want to hear from you: What should Alaska's highest mountain be ...
Among the roughly 200 executive orders President Donald Trump is expected to sign during his first day in office is a ...
At 20,310 feet tall, Denali is visible for hundreds of miles around. For thousands of years, it has been called not just Denali but a variety of names by Alaska Native people living around the ...
A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska in june of 2021,with Denali in the background. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) North America’s tallest peak is a focal point of Jeff ...
Denali (Formerly Mount McKinley) / Jacob Loyacano - Shutterstock Efforts to restore the mountain’s original name began in the mid-20th century, gaining momentum as Alaskan Native organizations ...
Centuries ago, Alaska's native Koyukon people settled on the name "Denali" for the tallest mountain in North America. Then, in 1896, a random European-American gold prospector decided to name it ...
A plane is silhouetted against Denali while doing touch and gos at the Talkeetna airport in January 2015. (Bill Roth / ADN) On his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump issued ...
Alaskans Say Trump Can Change the Name of Denali but Can't Make People Call It Mount McKinley ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — North America’s tallest peak is a focal point of Jeff King’s life.