A new plan by President-Elect Donald Trump to undo one of President Barack Obama’s legacies has sparked a backlash in Alaska.

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

The president-elect spoke admiringly of former President William McKknley, for whom Alaska's highest peak was named in 1896.

Controversy over the Mount McKinley name dates back to the park's origin Before the national park was officially formed, two appeals were made for the mountain to be called Denali. Athabaskan ...

President-elect Donald Trump pledged Sunday to revert the name of the nation’s tallest mountain back to Mt. McKinley ... of Denali from Denali Viewpoint South in Denali National Park near ...

Denali was visible from Anchorage in October as a person rides a bicycle along the city's coastal trail. (Bill Roth / ADN) President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said he wants to change the name ...

"He was a great president," Trump said, adding his administration will "bring back the name of Mount McKinley because I think he deserves it." Before the national park was officially formed, two ...

Panama's president balks at the suggestion.] The park was originally named Mount McKinley National Park in 1917. Its name was changed in 1980 with the creation of Denali National Park and Preserve.

President-elect Donald Trump is again threatening to revert the name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley, resurrecting an unfulfilled promise from his first campaign.