CONTRIBUTED BY AUBURN-OPELIKA TOURISM AUBURN-OPELIKA — Auburn-Opelika Tourism has been honored with a 2025 Readers’ Choice Award from ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for event planners across the South. This year marks the tenth time Auburn-Opelika Tourism has received this recognition, celebrating all the front-line hospitality workers who make the destination excellent in customer service, creativity and event support. Each...
CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY OF OPELIKA OPELIKA – One year after the start of production in Opelika, Miele, a family-owned manufacturer of premium household appliances with more than 125 years of history, has completed the phase one of their relocation plan. The facility is now exclusively producing built-in ovens and ranges for the markets in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. “Within one year we relocated six final assembly lines from Germany to our...
BY KADIE TAYLOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — We’ve all seen little free pantry boxes and little free libraries — even art exchanges where visitors can take a piece and leave one they’ve created. Now, Beauregard has its own twist on the idea. Visit Mi Ranchito and check out Dead Pedal Motors’ new Car Library — a fun spot where children can trade toy cars and share in the joy of giving and collecting. “I just kept seeing those blessing boxes around...
BY DANIEL SCHMIDT FOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — In the unseasonably chill Halloween air, a line of cars wrapped nearly completely around the Valley First Assembly of God Church. It was just shy of 9 a.m., and each one had come to receive their bimonthly food assistance from the congregation’s food bank mission. Inside, a handful of parishioners — most well into their sixties and seventies — stacked box upon box onto a flat cart to begin this...
BY KAYLEIGH FREEMAN FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA – BigHouse Foundation, a nonprofit organization serving foster and adoptive families since 2009, is taking steps toward opening Little House Preschool, an early development child care service for foster children. Little House’s main initiative is to provide child care to foster children ages zero to five, while simultaneously offering trauma-informed care, counseling services and other...
BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council held its organizational meeting Monday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Court Building, 300 Martin Luther King Blvd. The session marked the official swearing-in of Mayor Eddie Smith and all five newly elected council members for the 2025–2029 term. Swearing-In and Leadership Elections: Mayor Eddie Smith took the oath of office, followed by council members George Allen (Ward 1),...
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MUSTANGS AND HEROES PROGRAM/EXTENDED HEARTS FOUNDATION - The Mustangs and Heroes Program is an initiative that connects veterans and first responders with the healing power of horses. Through equine-assisted therapy, participants experience...
CONTRIBUTED BY GROUNDSWELL OPELIKA — The 2025 Rural Renaissance Roadshow will be held in Opelika Nov. 10–12, bringing together more than 200 local leaders from across the nation to focus on rural resilience in energy, food, water and healthy...
CONTRIBUTED BY ALDI OPELIKA — For years, ALDI has offered the lowest per-person price on a Thanksgiving meal compared to nationwide retailers. This year, the country’s fastest-growing grocer continues that tradition by offering a Thanksgiving feast...
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