The ''Post Register'' is a
U.S.
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daily newspaper serving the
Idaho Falls, Idaho
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, area, as well as
Jackson, Wyoming
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, and
West Yellowstone, Montana
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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,
Jerry Brady, entered the family business. Jerry Brady was given the position of publisher in 1988 after Rob Brady retired.
In 1998, a number of family
shareholder
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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
Governor of Idaho
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and named Roger Plothow publisher. Brady lost the election to Governor
Dirk Kempthorne
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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
Scripps Howard Foundation
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's First Amendment prize for an exposé on
pedophilia
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in
scouting
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. Post-Register journalist
Peter Zuckerman won the
Livingston Award
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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
Adams Publishing Group
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, a family-owned media company based in
St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
Notes
External links
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Post Register, The
Daily newspapers published in the United States
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Publications established in 1925