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...
In Memory of Dick Moreman
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Editorial Board Articles
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....
What loyalty means to us
Loyalty: you don’t see much of it any more. Loyalty is a faithfulness to commitments or obligations. Loyalty is faithful adherence to a cause, a...
Pardon our progress
Some of you may have noticed this week’s issue of your beloved Opelika Observer seems to look a bit different. You aren’t crazy; things really are...
We can’t afford more ‘tax-free’ holidays
State of Alabama, City of Opelika, citizens of both cannot afford tax-free days/weekends. Although it does little good to keep reminding us all, we...