Editorial Board Articles

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...

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...

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...

“PREMIERE ISSUE: Community newspaper makes debut in Opelika” That’s what the first above-the-fold headline of the Opelika Observer read when we...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...