In June, 2024, Northern Light Media published a history of the first newspapers in the Cook Inlet region by Alaskan historian Helen Hegener, titled The First Newspapers of Knik and Anchorage. They were The Knik News – which later became the Cook Inlet Pioneer and Knik News, the name given when the newspaper moved from Knik to the new Knik Anchorage townsite at Ship Creek in 1915.

The book opens with a brief history of the Cook Inlet region, the land and its first inhabitants, the Dena’ina. The stories of the towns of Knik and Anchorage follow, giving context for the coming of the newspapers, and then the newspaper histories lead into the actual pages of each publication, reprinted in full from archives at the Library of Congress. A May, 2024 article in the free Northern Light Media email newsletter shares details of the book and the history of the newspapers.