| The Skagway News | |
| Type: | Twice monthly newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Foundation: | 1978 |
| Owners: | Taiya Communications, LLC |
| Publisher: | Melinda Munson and Gretchen Wehmhoff |
| Editor: | Melinda Munson and Gretchen Wehmhoff |
| Headquarters: | Skagway News Depot 208 Broadway Street Skagway, Alaska 99840 United States |
| Oclc: | 9526778 |
| Issn: | 0745-872X |
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.
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]
In October 2023, Munson left the paper. Wehmhoff is now the sole publisher.