By Natalie Anderson Staff Reporter During last Tuesday’s school board meeting the Opelika City School Board heard from concerned Opelika resident...
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Bob Weidenbach to speak on Auburn history at Feb. 12 OLLI ‘Brown Bag Lunch and Learn’ at Boykin Community Center
Special to the Opelika Observer Auburn native Bob Weidenbach will present Old Auburn: A Pictorial History of Auburn at OLLI’s Alabama Bicentennial...
Dr. Farrell Seymore of Opelika High School spoke at ‘Business over Breakfast’ event on Thursday
By Sara Wilson For the Opelika Observer The focus of this year’s “Business over Breakfast: Education Edition” event Thursday at the Saugahatchee...
Individual mandate is gone, the new deal with Form W-4
By Justin Smith The 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act repealed the penalty for not having medical insurance all year (the “individual mandate”), but it...
Opelika City Schools announce ‘Teachers of the Year’ at monthly school board meeting
Photo by Natalie Anderson/Opelika Observer Pictured above are the Opelika City School’s Teachers of the Year. One teacher from every school is...
Opelika Middle School’s Patricia Skelton attends national Holocaust history seminar
Special to the Opelika Observer The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) selected 22 middle and high school teachers and Holocaust center staff...
Project Uplift recognizes longtime volunteers, Auburn University seniors
Special to the Opelika Observer Abigail and Maddy are seniors at Auburn University who became involved with Project Uplift in 2017, becoming mentors...
Winter Lessons on Patience
By Beth Pinyerd I love the different seasons in Lee County! Our area definitely points out the differences in beautiful pronounced ways. In autumn,...
ASCTE announces its admission application for the 2020-2021 school year; open to students from across Alabama
Special to the Opelika Observer The Alabama School of Technology and Engineering(ASCTE) announces that it has released its admission application for...