Two women from Chugiak will take over as co-owners and co-editors of The Skagway News in early March. Melinda Munson, whose family goes back two generations in Alaska, and Gretchen Wehmhoff, a 55-year resident of the state, plan to arrive in Skagway in time to cover the borough assembly meeting on March 5.

Munson, who has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Washington, has written for local newspapers in the Chugiak-Eagle River…