by The Observer Staff | May 2, 2024 | Sports
CONTRIBUTED BYOPELIKA PARKS & REC OPELIKA — The Opelika pickleball facility announced a new partnership with Nature Made, a leading provider of vitamins and supplements.A special presentation took place May 1 to mark the beginning of this partnership. Nature Made...
by The Observer Staff | May 2, 2024 | Community, Featured
BY DAVID BELLFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The community’s newest recreational and nature trail officially opened to the public April 25 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Opelika Chamber of Commerce. The Pepperell Branch-Waverly Trail is located on Waverly...
by The Observer Staff | May 2, 2024 | Community
BY JUSTIN MILLER, ACES AUBURN — As an Alabama Cooperative Extension System specialist, Brigid McCrea works with 4-H members and small flock producers on a variety of poultry-related topics. In her personal time, she is an egg artist, depicting beautiful scenes on...
by The Observer Staff | May 2, 2024 | Community, Featured
BY KADIE VICKFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The Victorian Front Porch Tour has been a favored holiday celebration in Opelika for the past 30 years, and thanks to a restoration project of the Christmas sculptures currently underway, it’ll hopefully continue another 30...
by The Observer Staff | May 2, 2024 | Column, Steve Flowers
OPINION — Without question, you do not want to be the political sacrificial lamb selected by your party hierarchy to give the rebuttal address in opposition to the Presidential State of the Union address. It does not matter if it is a Democratic stalwart responding to...