Community Articles

Mayor notes growth in State of the City address

Pictured above left, Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller delivered the annual State of the City address to a packed house. In the center photo are, from left, Anna Jones, Malisa Hanson and Rosasanna McGinnis, who represented the Opelika Public Library, which the Chamber named...

Springtime is showtime for azaleas in Alabama

BY KATIE NICHOLS, ACES LEE COUNTY — Bursting with blooms and color, azaleas are the stars of spring. Lucy Edwards, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System's coordinator for Chilton County, said azaleas may be the most popular flowering shrubs in Alabama.BUYING...

Food Bank of East Alabama celebrates its new building

BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERHGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — After almost four years of waiting, the Food Bank of East Alabama was able to host an open house to celebrate its new building last week.Back in 2020, the food bank planned an open house in March to...

Phenix City publisher elected APA president

CONTRIBUTED TOTHE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Denise DuBois, publisher and managing editor of the Citizen of East Alabama in Phenix City, has been elected president of the Alabama Press Association.DuBois is a native of East Alabama. In 2007, she began her career as a...