by The Observer Staff | Aug 31, 2016 | Community
Marcus Smith creates app for local job opportunities By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter Teenagers looking for part-time jobs next summer will have a much easier time finding work, thanks to the People over Profit Solutions (P.O.P.S.) Pay app, created by Marcus Smith, who...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 31, 2016 | Column
All good things must come to an end. In other words, the Kardashians will keep going on forever. I didn’t watch much of the Olympics, but they are definitely a good thing. There’s nothing quite like the spirit of competition, while showing pride in one’s country....
by The Observer Staff | Aug 31, 2016 | Column
A while ago, I and my former colleague, Dr. Dan Speake, were discussing some serious deficiencies in the training of some of the younger generation of biologists. They had mastered the information contained in textbooks, but many were woefully ignorant of some of the...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 31, 2016 | Column, Politics, Steve Flowers
With Labor Day approaching it signifies that the long hot summer will soon be coming to an end. It seems that the summers are getting hotter and hotter. I was born and raised in south Alabama so I was accustomed to long hot summers. I remember when there was no air...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 24, 2016 | Legals
INVITATION TO BID 16038 Sealed bids for the construction of the North 22nd Street Alignment/1st Avenue Widening & Resurfacing shall be received at the Opelika City Hall Conference Room, 204 South Seventh Street, Opelika, Alabama, until 2:00 p.m., local time on...