by The Observer Staff | Feb 9, 2023 | Community, Education, Featured
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Automated External Defibrillators, more commonly referred to as AEDs, provide a necessary resource to people, families, organizations and communities. While the average response time for Emergency Medical...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 9, 2023 | Community, Politics
CONTRIBUTED BY ALABAMA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ALABAMA — Hospital margins in Alabama have dropped 79% since the start of the pandemic, despite receiving financial assistance directly from the federal government and federal funds distributed through the state. Currently,...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 9, 2023 | Community, Education, Featured, Politics, Schools
CONTRIBUTED BY THE OPELIKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OPELIKA — The Opelika Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recently voted to act as the advocate and leading communicator to encourage a positive voter turnout to support the 11-mil tax renewal that contributes more...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 8, 2023 | Community, Featured, Politics
BY MICHELLE KEY MICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller and the Opelika City Council honored Opelika native Patsy Boyd Parker during Tuesday night’s city council meeting by announcing the naming of a street in the Northeast Industrial...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 8, 2023 | Politics
BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Tuesday night the Auburn City Council debated — and ultimately approved — a decision to contract with a state governmental affairs representation service. Don’t speak legal jargon? Essentially, an affairs...
