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# Visitors to Talkeetna react to Denali name change
- URL: https://ktna.org/visitors-to-talkeetna-react-to-denali-name-change/
- Published: 2015-09-01T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-09-01T08:00:00.000Z
- Description: On Sunday, news broke that North America’s tallest peak will now officially be known as Denali. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell signed the order Friday changing the name from
- Author: Phillip Manning
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

![Denali on Monday morning. Photo: Phillip Manning-KTNA](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1875.jpg)

Denali on Monday morning. Photo: Phillip Manning-KTNA

On Sunday, news broke that North America’s tallest peak will now officially be known as Denali. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell signed the order Friday changing the name from Mt. McKinley. KTNA’s Phillip Manning has this story on how visitors from the Carolinas to Kenai are reacting.

[https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/media/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150831denalivox.mp3](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/media/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150831denalivox.mp3?ref=ktna.org)

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