[1] Hollinger sold the newspaper in 1998 to CNHI, LLC.
[2] In April 2020, The North Jefferson News of nearby Gardendale was merged with The Cullman Times by CNHI as part of a chain-wide downsizing.
[3] The Times devoted one page of its Wednesday edition to news printed under the NJN banner, and sent this edition to remaining subscribers in Gardendale and surrounding areas.
However, with no reporters remaining in the Gardendale area to cover news there, almost all North Jefferson News subscribers soon cancelled.
[4] In May 2024, CNHI sold the Times and two sister newspapers in Athens and Pell City, plus seven other newspapers to Carpenter Media Group, a chain based in Mississippi with newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.