Gov. Mike Dunleavy is highlighting the impacts that some of President Donald Trump’s executive orders will have on Alaska.

JUNEAU — 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.

On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to undo most of his predecessor’s work on Alaska energy and environmental issues. The order entitled “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” was among dozens Trump signed.

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The state’s senators prefer the Native name.

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Alaskan oil and gas analyst Larry Persily was hesitant to declare the president’s policies a big win for the state. “Alaskans should not expect another boom out of this for oil and gas,” Persily said.

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.

President Donald Trump's inauguration speech received horrified reactions over much of its content — but one bit in particular attracted much derision: his fixation on changing the name of Denali, an Alaskan mountain with the tallest peak in North America,

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump in the first hours of his second term reversed Biden administration orders that restricted oil and gas development in

The Alaska House and Senate on Tuesday convened the two-year session with bipartisan majorities governing both legislative chambers. Leaders of the Democrat-dominated House and Senate majorities said their priorities include a permanent increase to education funding,

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley.