By Karissa Niehoff, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and Steve Savarese, Executive Director of...
Letter to the Editor Articles
Letter to the Editor: Valuing school bus drivers
Dear Editor: The purpose of this letter is to draw public attention and awareness statewide to a travesty concerning a profession that should...
President Gogue back on the job at the Univeristy Senate
Dear Editor, I attended the Aug. 27 Auburn University Senate meeting to see if President Gogue would live up to his well-earned repute of rarely...
Letter to the Editor: A response to ‘Medicare for all will cripple doctors, hospitals’ published July 31
Dear Editor, The first thing I noted about the above named article is that it cited no sources for any of the assertions that were made. In only one...
Letter to the Editor: A response to ‘Medicare for all will cripple doctors, hospitals’ published July 31
Dear Editor, The first thing I noted about the above named article is that it cited no sources for any of the assertions that were made. In only one...
Opinion: State leaders should not hand-pick state school board members
Special to the Opelika Observer Senate majority leader Del Marsh wants to control public education in Alabama. Yep, the same guy who has shown...
Letter to the editor: Local cemeteries not being kept up
Have you had a reason to go to any of the local cemeteries? Lost a friend or loved one lately? Maybe you should take a tour of these historic sites...
Vaccines, reason and freedom
By Dan Sutter Special to the Opelika Observer The current measles outbreak has brought new criticism of parents who refuse to vaccinate their...
Medicaid expansion must be part of the solution to Alabama’s prison woes
By Jim Carnes Special to the Opelika Observer Overcrowding and understaffing are such glaring contributors to Alabama’s prison crisis that it might...