An executive order signed this week by Pres. Donald Trump has closed the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program until further notice. The freeze means the futures of refugees from around the world who were scheduled to come to Alaska are now in limbo.
A presidential spending freeze with few details left nonprofits, state officials and school administrators scrambling.
King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley -- an identifier inspired by President William McKinley, who was from Ohio and never set foot in Alaska.
Immigration lawyers say knowledge is power amid a changing administration and uncertain future for many noncitizens.
The 47th president is wading back into a century-long dispute over the name we give to North America’s tallest mountain
A freeze on federal grants and loans by the Trump administration that was temporarily blocked Tuesday by a federal judge has left Alaska’s governor and congressional delegation wondering how Alaska will feel the impacts.
The House resolution, sponsored by Rep. Maxine Dibert, D-Fairbanks, says the name Denali is “deeply ingrained in the state’s culture and identity” and urges Trump to maintain Denali as the peak’s official name in federal databases.
Dunleavy offered no opinion on Trump's decision to rename Denali as Mount McKinley, saying he wanted to speak with the president before sharing his own view.
A sweeping executive order signed by President Donald Trump during the first hours of his second term aims to boost Alaska’s natural resource industry by reversing environmental protections that limit oil and gas extraction, logging, and other development projects across the state.
Alaska lawmaker says disruption “could be catastrophic” for education, homeless, other programs.
The Alaska House voted Monday to adopt a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his executive order renaming the tallest peak in North America. The bipartisan House majority sought to quickly move a measure that would signal to the Trump administration that Alaskans opposed his idea of changing the name of the mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley,
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — North America’s tallest peak ... its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley -- an identifier inspired ...