''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 ''

El Nuevo Heraldo ''El Nuevo Heraldo'' is a Spanish-language newspaper in Brownsville, Texas, United States. It is a sister newspaper to ''The Brownsville Herald''. In 2009 the 2009 Texas Associated Press Managing Editors' annual meeting awarded the ''El Nuevo Her ...

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