The Skagway News
 Skaguay News July 15, 1898 | |
| Type | Twice monthly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Taiya Communications, LLC |
| Publisher | Melinda Munson and Gretchen Wehmhoff |
| Editor | Melinda Munson and Gretchen Wehmhoff |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Headquarters | Skagway News Depot 208 Broadway Street Skagway, Alaska 99840 United States |
| ISSN | 0745-872X |
| OCLC number | 9526778 |
| Website | skagwaynews |
The Skagway News is a newspaper published once a month in January, then twice a month for the rest of the year in Skagway, Alaska. The paper is usually available on the second and fourth Friday of the month.
History
A different paper by a similar title, The Skaguay News or at various times Skaguay Weekly News and Skaguay Daily News, was published in Skagway from 1897 to the early 1900s.
The present-day Skagway News was first established in 1978 by William J. "Jeff" Brady. It merged from 1978 to 1979 with the Haines-based Chilkat Valley News to form the Lynn Canal News, and then resumed publishing as a separate paper in 1982.
Larry Persily, whose friend had founded the paper, acquired it in April 2019. In 2019 Persily was seeking to give the newspaper to a new owner for free. Persily chose Melinda Munson and Gretchen Wehmhoff, two women from Chugiak, Alaska, to take over the paper. Munson and Wehmhoff took over March 3, 2020, just days before a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared.
In October 2023, Munson left the paper. Wehmhoff is now the sole publisher.
References
- ^ Alaska State Library (2000). Guide to Alaska Newspapers on Microfilm (PDF). pp. 342–343.
- ^ Cantor, Matthew (2019-12-15). "Small-town Alaskan newspaper seeks new owner. Price: $0". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ Staff Writer (2020-03-13). "New owners take over Skagway News". The Skagway News. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ Harris, Lauren (23 February 2021). "'Our fates are going to be the same.'". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
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