''La Frontera'' was a Spanish-language newspaper serving southern

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, United States. It was a sister publication of '' The Monitor'', a newspaper headquartered in

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owned by

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. As of 2009, M. Olaf Frandsen was the editor.Spanish language La Frontera ceases publication
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''. October 16, 2009. Retrieved on September 10, 2012. ''La Frontera'' was founded in July 2004. In April 2009, the paper won several Texas Associated Press Managing Editors awards; the categories that the newspaper gained awards in were features, headline writing, and sports writing. In 2009 the newspaper ceased operations. ''The Monitor'' said that it was due to a poor economy and insufficient advertising revenues. On Sunday October 18, 2009 the ''

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'' was to be delivered to previous ''La Frontera'' subscribers.Alternate
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