The ''Post Register'' is a

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daily newspaper serving the

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, area, as well as

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, and

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. It is owned by the Adams Publishing Group.

History

In 1931, The local ''Daily Post'' merged with ''Times-Register'' to become the ''Post Register''. Jim Brady, entered the business in 1933. In 1941, Jim Brady's brother Robb entered the business. Robb Brady was given the position of publisher in 1977 when the previous publisher died. In 1984 Jim Brady died and shortly thereafter his son,

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, entered the family business. Jerry Brady was given the position of publisher in 1988 after Rob Brady retired. In 1998, a number of family

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s sold 49% of their interest in the company to an Employee Stock Ownership Trust, and established employees of The Post Company as official stockholders of the business. The Brady family maintained enough stock, however, to maintain control of the company. In 2002, Jerry Brady ran as a Democrat for

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and named Roger Plothow publisher. Brady lost the election to Governor

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. After losing the election, Brady officially turned over the title of editor and publisher to Plothow. In 2005, the paper won the

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's First Amendment prize for an exposé on

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. Post-Register journalist

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won the

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in the category of local reporting for his work on the same story. In November 2015, the Post Company, which owned the ''Post Register'' as well as weekly newspapers Shelley Pioneer, Challis Messenger, and Jefferson Star, was purchased by the

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, a family-owned media company based in

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External links

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