Trump Just Renamed North America’s Highest Peak. These Climbers Will Still Call It “Denali.”
Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, Melissa Arnot Reid, and other prominent climbers and guides share their thoughts on the president ...
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Alaska House lawmakers debate education funding, election reform, and more
Alaska House lawmakers debate education funding, election reform, and federal policies like immigration and renaming Denali.
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It’s official: Denali is again Mount McKinley
The mountain referred to as Denali by Alaska Natives for centuries was officially named Mount McKinley from 1917 until 2015, ...
Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...
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AP Stylebook update: Denali is now Mount McKinley but the Gulf of America is still the Gulf of Mexico
In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name ...
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Could a push to expand winter trails boost a controversial mining road west of Anchorage?
The Denali Commission, a federal agency based in Anchorage, is known for funding mundane infrastructure upgrades in rural ...