The proposal had been supported by the Talkeetna Historical Society, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission, the ...

Mount McKinley in Alaska, the tallest mountain in North America, has been called Denali by Alaskan Native people for ...

A skier died after being caught in an avalanche on North America’s tallest peak, officials said Wednesday — the second ...

The peak was named in 1896 after then-President-elect William McKinley, who never visited his namesake or even the state of Alaska, nor did he have any cultural connection to the area. President ...

Climbers were on an icy Alaska mountain when they saw a man in their group fall 3,000 feet to his death in Denali National Park, officials said. Alex Chiu, 41, of Seattle died June 2 after falling ...

Authorities are confirming the death of a skier who triggered an avalanche alongside his climbing partner, a snowboarder, ...

On Friday, the federal agency in charge of offshore oil and gas drilling announced that it will be rewriting its core ...

Centuries ago, Alaska's native Koyukon people settled on the name "Denali" for the tallest mountain in North America. Then, in 1896, a random European-American gold prospector decided to name it ...

Nicholas Vizzini and his climbing partner, a snowboarder, triggered the avalanche high on the 20,310-foot peak while descending a slope, officials said.

“Our nation’s tallest mountain, which has been called Denali for thousands of years, must continue to be known by the rightful name bestowed by Alaska’s Koyukon Athabascans, who have ...

That point on the Alaska mountain is roughly ... the Native American Athbascan language. The name was designated Mount McKinley in 1917, became Denali again in 2015 during the Obama administration.

JUNEAU, AK– A bold rescue unfolded on the icy slopes of Mount Denali in Alaska on June 18, where Indian mountaineer Shaikh ...