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Circles of Opelika strives to reduce poverty

BY MICHELLE KEYEDITOR@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Circles of Opelika, a local nonprofit, is working to changes lives in the local community. Led by the PRF Teaching Ministry and its founder, Dr. Nate Dunlap Jr., Circles and PRF hope to lead hundreds of people out of...

What’s next for the residents of Springwood Hotel?

CONTRIBUTED BY OBSERVER STAFF OPELIKA — Ten days after nearly 120 long-term residents of the Springwood Hotel were evacuated at the request of the office of the Alabama State Fire Marshal, there is still no plan in place for repairing and reopening the...

Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins Veterans Home now open

PHOTO BY ROBERT NOLES | THE OBSERVER The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs dedicated the Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins Veterans Home during a ceremony on Sept. 13. The 182,000-sq. ft. facility in Enterprise, home to 174 veterans, is named in honor of Adkins,...

Turning sweet and salty into kettle corn success

BY STEVEN STIEFELFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Doug Long of Opelika turned his love of carnivals into a business producing kettle corn in various sweet and salty flavors to treat kids of all ages.At 57, Long still cooks the old-fashioned way. He pours kernels into a...