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EAMC North marks major mental health expansion

BY MICHELLE KEY PUBLISHER OPELIKA — East Alabama Health officially celebrated the grand opening of EAMC North, a new, freestanding mental health facility designed to expand access to inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services across the region. The opening program...

Sheriff: ‘We’re coming for you’ as 22 arrested in gang case

BY ROB DAVISFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Sheriff’s Office, along with state and federal investigators, have arrested 22 individuals so far, in what the office is calling Operation Gang Shield. The 22 individuals are associated with the street gang...

Shop local and support the community this holiday season

BY KADIE TAYLORTHE OBSERVER OPELIKA — This holiday season, Executive Director of Opelika Main Street, Kelsey Sullivan, said she wants to remind community members to remember Opelika’s small businesses when buying Christmas gifts and support local during the winter...

Making a legacy out of lemons

BY KADIE TAYLORTHE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Grandma Val’s Lemonade and More is turning lemons into a legacy and is now offering bottled OG Lemonade and TaéBerri Raspberry-Lime which will be sold at many local neighborhood markets, restaurants and more.With this exciting...
Veteran Spotlight

Veteran Spotlight

Bringing hope to heroes through horses BY ROB DAVISFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Over the course of two days, 48 Alabama Power team members volunteered...

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