The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – objected over many years to requests to rename the mountain, and the board did not act on those requests.

President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's tallest mountain.

North America’s tallest peak is a focal point of Jeff King’s life. The four-time winner of the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race operates his kennel and mushing tourism business just 8 miles from Denali National Park and Preserve’s entrance,

Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, Melissa Arnot Reid, and other prominent climbers and guides share their thoughts on the president’s decision to rename North America’s highest mountain

Many Alaskans say they’ll never stop calling the mountain Denali. That name respects the Indigenous people who’ve lived in its shadows for thousands of years. But Ohioans think McKinley “was a great president.

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley. Here's why:

Stark County GOP officials enthusiastically back President Donald Trump changing the name of North America's tallest mountain back to Mount McKinley.

The dispute went back 40 years, when in 1975 Alaska first expressed its desire to use the local reference to the mountain. Politicians from Ohio, McKinley's home state, held up any movement on the request with regular legislation. McKinley, a Republican ...

President Trump late Monday issued a pair of executive orders that seek to bolster oil and gas drilling — including in contentious areas of Alaska. One order seeks to open up drilling in

In 2024, Delaware, Ohio and Arizona had the most complaints per 100,000 people. Meanwhile, Alaska and North Dakota had the fewest. Consumers can report unwanted calls and violations to the FTC via donotcall.gov, where they can also access data on complaints and telemarketing trends.

The 47th president is wading back into a century-long dispute over the name we give to North America’s tallest mountain

McKinley had never been to Alaska. The name was formally recognized by the U.S. government until it was changed Ohio.">in 2015 by the Obama administration to Denali, to reflect the traditions of ...