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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 Skagway News headquarters in Skagway, Alaska, on June 19, 2019

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]

In October 2023, Munson left the paper. Wehmhoff is now the sole publisher.

References

  1. ^ a b c Alaska State Library (2000). Guide to Alaska Newspapers on Microfilm (PDF). pp. 342–343.
  2. ^ Cantor, Matthew (December 15, 2019). "Small-town Alaskan newspaper seeks new owner. Price: $0". The Guardian. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Staff Writer (March 13, 2020). "New owners take over Skagway News". The Skagway News. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Harris, Lauren (February 23, 2021). "'Our fates are going to be the same.'". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved March 3, 2021.


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