by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2024 | Community, Education, Events
Exhibit now on display at Opelika Public Library PHOTOS BY ED SIKORA FOR THE OBSERVER Aim High: Soaring with the Tuskegee Airmen, a traveling interactive exhibition of the Smithsonian Institute, is on disply at the Opelika Public...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2024 | Community, Featured
BY ANITA STIEFELANITAS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — After working for more than 15 years and building a solid reputation as a marketing professional in Birmingham and the Auburn-Opelika area, Katy Harper Doss decided in 2016 to bet on herself, stop working for...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2024 | Community
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Dollar General (DG) announces it recently remodeled its store at 20 Lee Road 621 in Opelika and now offers produce in addition to the same categories, brands and products customers trust Dollar General to carry.“At Dollar General,...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2024 | Featured, Politics
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — A new study has revealed that the port of Mobile’s impact on Alabama’s economy totals a whopping $98.3 billion, an increase of roughly $13 billion from the previous year’s impact. The Alabama Port Authority commissioned the...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2024 | Column, Stacey Wallace
OPINION — “If it tastes good, spit it out!” said the humorous, older lady at Kroger in LaGrange, Georgia, many years ago. Unfortunately, she was giving me good advice. At the time, I was looking at a food item which was unhealthy for diabetics such as myself. Since...