by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Community, Featured
BY MICHELLE KEYMICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Key Media, LLC welcomed its three newest college interns from Auburn University last week. The staff will be working with these students during the majority of the spring semester and the program is a requirement...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Community, Featured
CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY OF AUBURN / DAVID D. DORTON AUBURN — Automotive parts supplier Rausch & Pausch LP (RAPA) plans to invest over $25 million in its 70,000-square-foot location in Auburn Technology Park West. The German-based company, which celebrated its...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Community, Featured
CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY OF AUBURN / DAVID D. DORTON AUBURN — Schmidt Automotive, a member of the MAT Foundry Group, is expanding its high-precision and high-volume production in Auburn by investing $7.7 million in new, highly automated equipment. This investment will...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Community, Schools
Auburn High School Students Provide Input BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Following a string of disputes and resolutions last year, the George and Addie Giddens Cemetery now has plans to be preserved and honored. “Although the trees and...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By SEAN DIETRICH I saw him across the crowded restaurant with his elderly parents. They didn’t look like they’d aged a bit. But he did. His face was lean, his skin was wrinkled, he was gaunt. And he still had his trademark sense of humor. I told him I hardly...