by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2023 | Community
BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — There’s a new moving company in town — with a vibrant twist. Pink Zebra Moving Company has been operating in Auburn for less than a month, but the Birmingham-based franchise is already turning heads with its...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BYRED WIDDOWCOMMUNICATIONS OPELIKA — Latch-iT Self Storage recently completed a multi-million-dollar investment in the Opelika industrial park on Marvyn Parkway to fully renovate a 57,000-square-foot storage facility built in the late 1980s. Later this...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2023 | Community, Events
CONTRIBUTED BYTHE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS OPELIKA — The Compassionate Friends, a local grief support group for parents who have suffered the loss of a child, will hold its regular monthly meeting in Opelika on Thursday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY SMB OPELIKA — Stone Martin Builders (SMB), one of the largest home builders across Alabama and the region, announced the winners from the company’s annual award ceremony that recognizes its employees’ skill and performance. Opelika team members that...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2023 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By SEAN DIETRICH Just before midnight. Somewhere on the Texas prairie. A 20-year-old named Mark was driving on a two-lane highway on his way home. You have to be careful when driving on an empty prairie. It’s easy to develop “prairie foot.” On a flat landscape,...
