The Skagway News
 Skaguay News July 15, 1898 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.[1]
The present-day Skagway News was first established in 1978 by William J. "Jeff" Brady.[1] 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.[1]
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.[2] 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,[3] just days before a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared.[4]
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.