[7] The Wick brothers were among the first party of U.S. journalists allowed inside the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin.
[21] The Wicks acquired the Sierra Vista Herald in 1967,[22] the Argus Observer in 1968,[23] Bisbee Review in 1974[24] and Green Valley News in 1978,[25] Eastern Arizona Courier in 1983,[26][27] KFMM and KCUZ in 1983,[27] the Parker Pioneer in 1985,[28] the L'Observateur in 1986,[29] Half Moon Bay Review in 1986,[30] Richland County Leader in 1988,[31] Douglas Daily Dispatch in 1989;[32] The Daily Territorial, The Weekly Territorial and Ore Valley Territorial in 1990,[33] Inside Tucson Business in 1992,[34] Montrose Daily Press in 1997,[35] Tucson Weekly in 2000,[36] Capital Journal in 2005;[37]Anchorage Press and Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman in 2006.
[38] Wick sold L'Observateur and The Daily News of Bogalusa in April 2014 to Carpenter Media Group.
[42] The company purchased The Wenatchee World in March 2018[43] Acadiana LifeStyle in July 2018,[44] Delta County Independent in Colorado in May 2019[45] and The Daily Journal in June 2019.
[49] In April 2024, Wick Communications sold The Daily Iberian and Acadian LifeStyle to Carpenter Media Group.
[51] River City Newspapers, LLC is a joint venture between Wick Communications and Western News & Info.
[53] In 2022, River City purchased the Mohave Valley Daily News, Wickenburg Sun, Laughlin Times and Needles Desert Star from Brehm Communications.
Also, River City acquired The Kingman Daily Miner and the Central Printing Facility in Golden Valley, Arizona from Western News&Info.