The Chilkat Valley News has a new owner this week, as Tom Morphet passed the torch to reporter Kyle Clayton.
Morphet has owned the CVN for five years. Before buying the paper, he worked at it 22 years as a reporter, editor and manager.
Morphet’s ownership of the newspaper became contentious in August when he began campaigning for a seat on the Haines Borough Assembly. Morphet hired interim editors and started advertising and publicizing…
