The Alaska House voted 28-10 to adopt a resolution signaling their opposition to changing the name of North America’s tallest peak.
The mountain referred to as Denali by Alaska Natives for centuries was officially named Mount McKinley from 1917 until 2015, then changed to Denali in 2015 during President Barack Obama’s second term. Trump vowed during his first term in 2017 to change the name and followed through after he was reelected.
President Donald Trump says he plans to rename North America’s tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley
The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack Obama’s administration ordered that the mountain be renamed as Denali in 2015.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Wednesday that he would seek out a conversation with President Donald Trump about his decision to rename Denali, the tallest mountain in the U.S. Trump ordered on Monday to change the name of the peak to Mount McKinley.
Doubling capacity in the region, 170-passenger American Constitution joins sister ship American Constellation sailing a line-up of five different Alaska itineraries. These include two new Alaska National Parks cruises. These Alaska cruises feature seven days of land exploration in Denali and Kenai Fjords National Parks.
President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America’s tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he’d floated years ago that at that time saw strong pushback from state political leaders.
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley.
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The Alaska House on Monday voted to urge President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America's tallest peak as Denali.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, in his second-to-last State of the State address on Tuesday night, took a victory lap with a selective recitation of actions and statistics from the past six years of his administration, along with boisterous predictions for the state’s economic future due to the return of Donald Trump to the White House.