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Say What? Actors Play Characters of Another Race, Ethnicity and Size

OPINION — I wonder how department heads at Auburn University or the University of Alabama would respond to an online professor who never reveals his own photo on the Zoom screen. How about the students? Their photos are expected to be posted. But when a professor such...

Tuberville Rejects Climate Hysteria, Encourages Clean Domestic Energy Production

CONTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OFSEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE OPINION — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) took to the Senate floor Jan. 31 to rebuke hyperbolic climate alarmism and promote the production of American energy, which is significantly cleaner than the majority of...

Attorney General Steve Marshall Sues Biden Administration

CONTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OFSTEVE MARSHALL ALABAMA — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a multistate coalition suing the Biden Administration over a new Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) program that unlawfully invites hundreds of thousands of aliens...

The Rightside Way: For Our Kids

BY PHIL WILLIAMS OPINION — This past week was school choice week nationwide which brought a renewed focus on asserting that in America we value our children and as such we want what is best for them in every way, including the best in education. We want to know that...

AMEA honors Governor Ivey with Excellence in Leadership Award

AMEA honors Governor Ivey with Excellence in Leadership Award

Dec 1, 2021

Contributed by the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority The Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) awarded Gov. Kay Ivey the Excellence in...

Iron Bowl Publicity Leads to Research on Alabama Politicians With a Gridiron Background

Iron Bowl Publicity Leads to Research on Alabama Politicians With a Gridiron Background

Dec 1, 2021

By GREG MARKLEY It happened a few days after I arrived at Fort McClellan, Alabama, in November 1989 to serve as editor of The McClellan News and...

$18.4 Million in Grant Awarded to Alabama for America’s Infrastructure

$18.4 Million in Grant Awarded to Alabama for America’s Infrastructure

Dec 1, 2021

CONTRIBUTED BY USDOT PRESS OFFICE U.S. Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced that the Biden Administration will award $18.4 million for two...

Reflections on the Risen Life Part 2

Reflections on the Risen Life Part 2

Dec 1, 2021

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika It was Philip Yancey, who, when asked about the difference between...

$18.4 Million in Grant Awarded to Alabama for America’s Infrastructure

Those Exasperating Chores of Childhood

Dec 1, 2021

By WALTER ALBRITTON Growing up on a farm was often exasperating for me. My dad never gave me a vote on the chores assigned to me. He told me what to...

$18.4 Million in Grant Awarded to Alabama for America’s Infrastructure

‘A Better World is Near’

Dec 1, 2021

Special Worldwide Campaign Brings Message to Community CONTRIBUTED BYDANA THOMAS Opelika was one of the thousands of communities around the globe...

County Commission Adopts Redistricting Plan

County Commission Adopts Redistricting Plan

Nov 24, 2021

BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The Lee County Commission adopted a resolution for the redistricting plan Monday night following a...

$18.4 Million in Grant Awarded to Alabama for America’s Infrastructure

Auburn, Tuscaloosa Mayors Make Annual Iron Bowl Wager

Nov 24, 2021

Contributed by the city of Auburn / David D. Dorton As the Iron Bowl approaches, the mayors of Auburn and Tuscaloosa are set for their annual wager...

Iron Bowl Publicity Leads to Research on Alabama Politicians With a Gridiron Background

Dick Cheney, Heart Attacks, Stubborn People and Me

Nov 24, 2021

By GREG MARKLEY With the death of former Chair of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Colin Powell in October, I was reminded of the amazing durability of Dick...

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