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and

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, published in

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. It is the

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for the districts

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and

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and the biggest newspaper in the

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History

The ' was founded in 1858 by the brothers Melchior and Dominik Triner as the '. From 1859 to 1862, it was published twice a week under the name ', after which it was renamed to its current name. In December 1979, the paper started publishing three times a week and in November 1994, after the integration of the newspaper ' into the ', daily. In 1997, the newspaper started a partnership with '. The newspaper is regarded as

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, due to its past with the

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. Since 2014, the newspaper has been in a partnership with the ', and it integrated their local newspaper, the '. In June 2024, it was announced that the printing would be done externally by

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starting in 2025.

Editors-in-chief

*1950—1990: Karl Wiget *1993—2000: Jürg Auf der Maur *2001—2013: Josias Clavadetscher *2014—2021: Jürg Auf der Maur *2021—2023: Flurina Valsecchi *2023—present: Dominik Jordan

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