by The Observer Staff | Aug 30, 2023 | Community, Schools
Students at Southern Union State Community College began a six-semester Aviation Maintenance Technology program this fall. CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC BY KATIE JACKSON OPELIKA — The sky’s the limit for 22 students who began coursework this fall in Aviation...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 30, 2023 | Column, Politics, Steve Flowers
Summer Political Happenings OPINION — As the long hot summer ends and Labor Day approaches, let’s take a look back at what occurred over the last three summer months, politically. First of all, it was one of the hottest summers on record. Temperatures soared into the...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 30, 2023 | Community, Politics
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER HGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The wanted and anticipated Loachapoka Community Park is one step closer to completion. The Lee County Commission approved the results of the bids for the park — which opened on Aug. 24. — during...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 30, 2023 | Community, Politics
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER HGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM SMITHS STATION — Smiths Station City Clerk Morgan Bryce is stepping down from his role and welcoming in the new City Clerk Cyndi Farmer. Farmer will enter the position in an interim role for two...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 30, 2023 | Greg Markley
OPINION — As a 23-year-old with enthusiasm for politics and history, I was at Ronald Reagan’s presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 1981, just as I had been at Jimmy Carter’s in _____. People used transistor radios (declining by 1980) to find out when the 52 hostages...
