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EAH creates blueprint for solving workforce shortages

CONTRIBUTED BY EAH OPELIKA — As workforce shortages continue to challenge health care systems nationwide, East Alabama Health is leading the way with innovative strategies to recruit, train and retain skilled professionals.  Through a mixture of scholarship...

New variety of Camellia, named after Gov. Kay Ivey

CONTRIBUTED BYOFFICE OF GOV. KAY  IVEY MONTGOMERY — A delegation from Alabama’s “Camellia City,” Greenville, has announced that a new variety of Alabama’s State Flower, the Camellia japonica L., has been officially named for Gov. Kay Ivey. During a visit in the...

10-Digit dialing for 334 area code to begin Jan. 23

CONTRIBUTED  TO THE OBSERVER ALABAMA— Customers in the 334 area code region will be required to begin 10-digit dialing Jan. 23, 2026. This action follows the permissive 10-digit dialing period, which allowed customers to become adjusted to dialing 10 digits when...

Reduce, reuse, recycle

BY KADIE TAYLOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Encouraging residents to reduce waste, the Auburn Recycling Center helps locals preserve the environment through recycling a variety of items. “The goal of the city of Auburn’s Environmental Services Recycling and Conservation...
Library News | Aug. 1, 2024

Library News | Aug. 1, 2024

APL offers reading program for parents of preschoolers BY ANITA STIEFELEDITOR@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library’s “1,000 Books...

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100th Birthday

100th Birthday

Lillian Dalton Miller of Auburn, pictured seated at the top of the stairs, celebrated her 100th birthday on July 10 with an old-fashioned picnic...

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