Shakespeare once asked, “What’s in a name? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?” And in the case of Denali, would a ...

Former President Barack Obama renamed the Alaska landmark to Denali in 2015 as a nod to the region’s native population.Both ...

McKinley had never been to Alaska. The name would go on to be formally recognized by the U.S. government until it was changed ...

Many Alaskans say they’ll never stop calling the mountain Denali. That name respects the Indigenous people who’ve lived in ...

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of ...

Trump reversed protections for Alaskan wilderness, opening up the state to more oil and gas development and logging on federal lands.

The mountain was named after President William McKinley, an Ohioan who had never visited Alaska, until former President Barack Obama formally renamed it Denali in 2015, after decades of requests ...

The mountain was previously called Mount McKinley, after the Ohio native former president. The name was officially changed in 2015.

Reports indicate that Barack and Michelle Obama are experiencing marital issues after over three decades together. Speculation grew with Michelle's absence from public events and rumors linking ...

Alaska Native leaders ... delegation with McKinley's home state of Ohio. In 2015, President Barack Obama's secretary of the interior, Sally Jewell, changed the mountain’s name to Denali just ...