''The Times-Journal'' newspaper is published twice a week in

Fort Payne, Alabama Fort Payne is a city in and county seat of DeKalb County, in northeastern Alabama, United States. It is near Lookout Mountain. At the 2020 census, the population was 14,877. This city developed around a fort of the same name, built in the 183 ...

and serves the

DeKalb County, Alabama DeKalb County is a County (United States), county in the Northeast Alabama, northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 71,608. Its county seat is Fort Payne, Alabama, For ...

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''. In 2008, of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the ''Times-Journal'' had the nineteenth highest daily circulation. The ''Times-Journal'' 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

Rainsville, Alabama Rainsville is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 4,948, up from 4,499 in 2000. Rainsville is located on top of Sand Mountain, a southern extension of the Cumberland Plateau. History Rainsvill ...

, by

and serving the

region. It was founded in 1986 by Carey and Teri Baker. In 2010 the Times-Journal absorbed the smaller ''

Weekly Post ''The Times-Journal'' newspaper is published twice a week in Fort Payne, Alabama and serves the DeKalb County, Alabama region. The Times-Journal was a Southern Newspapers publication for 60 years before selling to Patrick Graham in 2019, along ...

''.

Awards

2018 Better Newspaper Contest - Alabama Press Association

References

External links

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