Community Articles

Four Local Businesses Finalists for Alabama Small Business Awards

CONTRIBUTED BY BCATODAY.ORG AND THE OPELIKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEE COUNTY — The Alabama Small Business of the Year Awards presented by The Partnership of the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama (CCAA) and the Business Council of Alabama (BCA), recognizes the...

Local Occupational Therapist Bettering Community One Patient at a Time

BY NOAH GRIFFITH CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — When Opelika’s Rehab Works occupational therapist and Manager Mallory Payne dropped her daughter off for the first day of daycare, she had no idea she would run into one of her former patients. “Cassie! Is that...

Southern Union Helps Seniors Through Digital World

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) is holding free digital literacy courses for seniors in the community this semester. “It’s an online computer class that basically gets people familiar with...

Alabama’s Challenge Announces Veterans Well-Being Town Hall

CONTRIBUTED BY ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ALABAMA — The Partners of Alabama’s Challenge announced that the River Region will serve as the next stop on a statewide tour of veterans well-being town hall meetings. The Alabama’s Challenge Town Hall is...
Mask ordinance extended

Mask ordinance extended

By Hannah Lester hlester@opelikaobserver.com  Alabama residents should keep their masks on and continue to social distance according to Gov. Kay...

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