If we told you Alabama used to be an agricultural state most of you would nod your heads in agreement. If I told you it still was many of you would...
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Editorial Board Articles
Observer blows its own horn
It’s sometimes okay, even necessary to blow your own horn. Growing up in a fairly genteel Southern home (I guess that means “poor but proud”), you...
Know your heroes
You know what a hero looks like? Look for Bennie Adkins. He’s one of them, certified by the President of the United States. That luminary awarded...
In Memory of Dick Moreman
We’re doing something a little different this week. We want to observe the passing of an Opelika leader. Everybody didn’t love Dick Moreman. Some...
Support Opelika however you choose this evening
As Opelikans, we should be all be proud that we have a difficult choice to make this evening. Our high school’s football team will make a historic...
Happy 4th Birthday, Opelika Observer
“PREMIERE ISSUE: Community newspaper makes debut in Opelika” That’s what the first above-the-fold headline of the Opelika Observer read when we...
‘Yea’ or ‘Nay’ on Sept. 18’s Special Election? We’re not sure either.
We set out to write an objective editorial about the upcoming special election on whether or not to transfer funds from our state’s oil and gas...
A Small Advice Column
We’ll begin by congratulating council members Jones and Gray on their recent electoral victories in the city’s municipal elections. All of Opelika’s...
Your ‘Community’ Newspaper
We’d like to take this opportunity to once again welcome the widely-respected Bob Sanders to our family of columnists here at the Opelika Observer....
