A view of Denali, formerly known as Mount McKinley, on Sept. 1 in Denali National Park, Alaska. (Lance King/Getty Images) Regarding the Aug. 31 news article "Obama will restore Mt. McKinley's ...

Alaskans have been advocating for a return to Denali for years. But Ohioans, who helped deliver the presidency to Obama in 2008 and 2012, pushed back. ... Ohio Gov. John Kasich, ...

This Aug. 19, 2011 file photo shows Mount McKinley in Denali National Park, Alaska. President Barack Obama on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015 said he's changing the name of the tallest mountain in North ...

Opposition from Ohio Denali is lit by the rising sun and framed by spruce trees in this view from the Parks Highway on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. (Bob Hallinen / ADN) ...

The decision to rename the majestic mountain in Alaska formerly known as Mount McKinley — which stands at a breathtaking 20,237 feet — as Denali is something that’s been in the works since 1975.

The mountain was known as Denali long before a gold prospector dubbed it McKinley after reading a newspaper headline in 1896, and it has officially been known as “Denali” in Alaska for about a ...

Denali: Why is Donald Trump ... The first news he heard from the outside world on his return trip was that former Ohio ...

The move drew opposition from lawmakers in McKinley’s home state of Ohio. Denali is an Athabascan word meaning “the high one” or “the great one.” The iconic 20,310-foot ...

Ohio's John Boehner, the speaker of the U.S. House, declared himself "deeply disappointed" after the Obama administration announced on Sunday that the peak formerly known as Mount McKinley, the ...

Given that Alaskans of all persuasions demonstrably want to name the mountain Denali, it is hard to consider the protest by Ohio's congressional Republicans, who are all up for re-election in 2016 ...