''The Times-Journal'' newspaper appears three times a week is published in

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and serves the

DeKalb County, Alabama DeKalb County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,608. Its county seat is Fort Payne, and it is named after Major General Baron Johan DeKalb. DeKalb Count ...

region. The Times-Journal was a

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publication for 60 years before selling to Patrick Graham in 2019, along with sister papers in Albertville and Scottsboro. The ''Times-Journal'' resulted from the merger in 1959 of the ''Fort Payne Journal'', first published in 1878, and the ''Times-New Era''. The latter newspaper was the product of the 1951 merger of ''The DeKalb Times'' and ''The Collinsville New Era''. Of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the ''Times-Journal'' has the nineteenth highest daily circulation. The ''Times-Journal'' has won numerous awards from state newspaper associations, such as the Alabama Press Association and the Associated Press Managing Editors.

''Weekly Post''

The ''Weekly Post'' was a weekly newspaper published in

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, by

and serving the

region. It was founded in 1986 by Carey and Teri Baker. In 2010 the Times-Journal absorbed the smaller sister-paper, the Weekly Post.

Awards

2018 Better Newspaper Contest - Alabama Press Association

References

External links

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