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The InnHub La Punt can be built. The municipality of La Punt Chamues-ch granted the campus building permit for co-creation, innovation and transformation on Monday. Construction on the building, designed by Lord Norman Foster, is scheduled to begin in early summer 2024 — the opening is planned for 2027.

The Graubünden municipality of Albula/Alvra has had an eventful year in 2023. In May, she had to evacuate the entire village of Brienz/Brinzauls because a rock slide threatened to destroy it. The residents can now live in their village again, but the landslide will keep the community busy for decades to come, says community president Daniel Albertin in an interview.

The new Gut Clinic in St. Moritz-Bad is off to a successful start. One week after the move, all medical services at the clinic are up and running and the complete surgical program is already being offered. Following accidents at the women's Ski World Cup, several world-class female athletes also had to make use of the medical services offered by Klinik Gut.

After a long career as a sports manager and coach, Engadin Gian Gilli spent the last three summers as a shepherd on an alpine pasture. He welcomes the fact that the Engadin is interested in new major sporting events. For himself, he now focuses more on slowing down.

A state-of-the-art clinic for the musculoskeletal system has been built in the St. Moritz Kurpark. The new Gut St. Moritz Clinic treats locals and guests following accidents and complaints in the arms, legs, spine and joints. The new Gut St. Moritz clinic starts full operation on December 8.

When the mountain came near Brienz/Brinzauls on the night of June 15-16, it was so dark that even the night vision cameras saw nothing. Following the demolition of the island, it has now been investigated exactly what happened. Geologist Reto Thöny reveals the secret and also says why the findings are so important.

On Thursday and Friday, geologist Andreas Huwiler visited primary and high school students from the municipality of Albula/Alvra and explained to them the processes on the Hang ob Brienz/Brinzauls. The lessons were part of the municipality's ongoing risk dialogue with the population.

Helicopter bases in all parts of the country celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Swiss Helicopter Association (SHA) on Saturday. For the first “Swiss Helicopter Day,” they opened their hangar doors and showed their businesses to the public. Despite the sometimes nasty weather, more than 27,000 guests came.

The Albula/Alvra community management team has declared the “YELLOW phase” before an evacuation from Brienz/Brinzauls. In two to six weeks, the “island” area high above the village must be expected to be demolished. The residents of Brienz/Brinzauls are urged to complete preparations for their evacuation as quickly as possible.

The slide speed of the Brienz slide high above the village of Brienz/Brinzauls has continued to increase. If development continues like this, the “island” area must be expected to be canceled. At a meeting with residents of the village, the municipality discussed the phases of an evacuation and answered questions from those affected.

The “island” slides independently of the rest of the Brienz slide. This is the only way to explain that the entire Brienz slide has slowed down noticeably in recent months, but the island has accelerated significantly. Geologists think it is likely that the island will crash or slide this year.

The Graubünden municipality of Albula/Alvra has intensified planning for an orderly evacuation of the village of Brienz/Brinzauls. The reason is a part of the Brienz slide above the village. The “island” has accelerated significantly in recent weeks and is now endangering the village.

Personalities from science, tourism, politics and society have founded the “Graubünden Wasser” association. They want to promote and share knowledge about water, climate and sustainability in Grisons. The canton of Grisons and numerous companies support the initiative.

Giuliana Werro and Arnaud Chautemps win the 53rd Engadin Ski Marathon. The young Engadin led from the Stazerwald and won by almost half a minute. The Frenchman prevailed in the final sprint and won razor-thin. The conditions were ideal despite the mild weather of recent weeks.

The Engadin Ski Marathon will once again be a duel between the Swiss national team and some of the world's best long-haulers and a rematch for the World Championships in Planica. The modified route between St. Moritz and Pontresina will be 43.5 kilometers long.

Scuoler Carla Wohler wins the 22nd Engadin Women's Run with a new course record. In a photo finish, she beats Helena Guntern from Ftan. Gianna Chiara Wohler, the winner's twin sister, is third.

The Engadin Ski Marathon will cross Lake St. Moritz for the first time in 2023. The current snow conditions are leading to some route adjustments between St. Moritz and Pontresina and on Lake Sils. Nevertheless, the Engadin will be played on the entire route between Maloja and S-chanf.

Claudio Enz and Cristina Seeberger won the Monte Carlo Historique Rally. In their Lancia Fulvia Rally 1.3 S from 1970, they outperformed the competition, especially on snow and ice. Historic racing cars are the professional and private passion of the couple from Celerina.

Five weeks before the 53rd Engadin Ski Marathon on March 12, the organizers are observing the formation of ice on the Great Lakes and the development of snow conditions. As before, they assume that they will run on the original track.

Klinik Gut St. Moritz receives very well-known support in sports medicine and emergency medicine: Prof. Dr. med. Dagmar Keller Lang becomes Chief Physician of Emergency Medicine at the head office of the Bündner Clinic Group. Prof. Keller Lang comes from Zurich University Hospital, where she is now Director of the Institute of Emergency Medicine and as a Cardiology Consultant. She starts working in St. Moritz on July 1.

The landslide in the Graubünden mountain village of Brienz/Brinzauls is endangering tangible assets of up to 177 million francs. This is the conclusion of a risk analysis by the Canton of Graubünden. It is part of the investigations for the construction of a drainage tunnel, which is intended to technically repair the landslide.

The Graubünden government guarantees Inside Labs AG (Laax) and SPOT Werbung AG (St. Moritz) a maximum contribution of 970,000 francs to develop a joint digital platform for tourism. It should provide guests with even better suggestions for booking holiday experiences and allow providers of tourist services to address potential guests even more precisely.

The redesign of the Davos Dorf town center is taking shape: The municipality, mountain railways, Konsum Davos real estate cooperative and Rhaetian Railway want to invest around 250 million francs in Davos Dorf over the next 10 years. The designs from the idea and project competition are now on display at Kongresshaus Davos.

St. Moritz gets three new municipal boards: Gian Marco Tomaschett (SVP), Prisca Anand and Christoph Schlatter (independent) were newly elected to the executive branch right in the first round of voting. The previous Reto Matossi has been confirmed. Regula Degiacomi and Michael Pfäffli (FDP) were voted out.