by The Observer Staff | Aug 13, 2025 | Featured
BY SAM VISE FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The Opelika Chamber, in partnership with the League of Women Voters of East Alabama, hosted a “Conversations with Your Candidates” event on Tuesday evening from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Opelika Center for the Performing Arts....
by The Observer Staff | Aug 12, 2025 | Featured
BY KADIE TAYLORTHE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — After being diagnosed with ocular melanoma, Ashley McCrary was inspired to help others, so she founded the Eye on Grace Foundation to help fund travel for treatments and create a community among those with the rare eye...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 12, 2025 | Politics
BY DANIEL SCHMIDT | FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN – A multi-million-dollar student housing development that will add hundreds of bedrooms to Auburn’s housing stock is now one step closer to breaking ground after clearing one of its final regulatory hurdles.That project,...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 12, 2025 | Politics, Schools
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER FOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — County Employees have another reason to celebrate the holidays — at its regular meeting on Aug. 11, the Lee County Commission voted to give employees Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after Christmas...
