by The Observer Staff | May 23, 2024 | Community
Community invited to discuss local project to restore watershed on June 2 BY KADIE VICKFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — The Friends of Moore’s Mill Creek (FMMC), a local watershed restoration project, recently held its first public meeting and has set the next meeting date...
by The Observer Staff | May 23, 2024 | Community, Events
Members of the Opelika Fire Department are pictured during last year’s Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony in Opelika. Purple Heart recipient to speak at Opelika Memorial Day Service CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The City of Opelika will host a Memorial Day...
by The Observer Staff | May 23, 2024 | Politics
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The city of Opelika’s chief building official, Jeff Kappelman, has been honored by the Code Officials Association as the Alabama Code Official of the Year.Kappelman has been with the city of Opelika for 22 years, and he has been a...
by The Observer Staff | May 23, 2024 | Column, Steve Flowers
Liberal Democrats in Washington fear Katie Britt OPINION — Sen. Katie Britt has quickly established herself as one of the most effective, well-respected members of the United States Senate.In all my years observing state and national politics, I have never seen...
by The Observer Staff | May 23, 2024 | Column, Steve Flowers
Democrat wins a House seat in Alabama The national media has been keenly interested that a Democrat has been elected to an Alabama House of Representatives seat. I have had several inquiries from national news and political publications asking me to explain and...