Two papers serve this area: The Frontiersman, which is more local, but is only published every other day, and the Anchorage Daily News (ADN). The Frontiersman has some good writing. They had a very long piece on the Butler murder trial (Butler was represented by the PD boss). But Anchorage is so close, and ADN covers enough Valley (as in Mat-Su valley, which includes Palmer) stuff so as nearly to be a local paper. Palmer/the Valley are to a large extent commuter towns. I've heard 40% of Palmer works in Anchorage.
Anyway I read both papers in the morning and drank Lots of coffee.