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Auburn, Opelika Chambers Finishes 2021 With Ribbon Cuttings

Ribbon cutting for Conquer Functional Wellness The new business offers Functional Nutrition, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Cryotherapy, Infrared Sauna, Lipo Laser and Red Light Therapy and is located at 323 Airport Road in Auburn.The Opelika Chamber is proud to welcome...

Nativity in Lights

The annual Collinwood Luminaries was held on Dec. 17, allowing residents to drive through and take-in the scenes of the candles, Christmas decorations and wooden signs with Bible verses. The drive also includes live nativity scenes. 2021-12-17 Collinwood...

Auburn’s Hunger Solutions Institute receives $1 million to increase access to healthy, fresh foods

Contributed byAuburn Universitywritten By Amy Weaver Auburn University’s Hunger Solutions Institute will be working with Alabama farmers, farmers markets and independent grocers to ensure Alabama residents have access to healthy and fresh foods.   The Hunger...

New SARS-CoV-2 variant a wake-up call for U.S., other industrialized nations

By Joseph Giambrone,Auburn Universityprofessor emeritus A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first isolated and characterized from South Africa on Nov. 9. This “variant of concern” is designated Omicron by the World Health Organization for the 15th letter of the Greek...