Past Times is an annual magazine devoted to the history of Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama.  It has been produced by News Publishing Company since 1989 and is received at no additional cost by all home-delivered subscribers each August.

The magazine has won numerous state and national awards, twice receiving the George Washington Medal of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.

The issues and their topics include:

1989:  The Civil War in Northwest Georgia

1990:  Birth & Exile of the Cherokee Nation

1991:  World War II:  A Homefront Scrapbook

1992:  World War II:  Memories of Africa/Europe

1993:  World War II:  Memories of Asia/Pacific

1994:  From the Dawn of Time to DeSoto

1995:  Tales of the Old-Timers

1996:  Hometown Heroes of the Playing Fields

1997:  Our Cherokee Heritage

1998:  A Photo Album

1999:  A Photo Album, Part II

2000:  Bringing History Back Home

Back issues remain for sale for $2.50 a copy, plus tax and shipping.  The 1990 edition is no longer available.  For more information please contact the Rome News-Tribune at 706-290-5243.