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...
What loyalty means to us
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Editorial Board Articles
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...
A salute to William White, true community journalist
Earlier this week, the local daily paper announced the retirement of one of its long-serving employees - reporter and photographer extraordinaire...
On hiring a county engineer
Lee County Engineer Neal Hall retires at the end of this month, after 23 years with the Lee County Highway Department, the last 16 as County...
A (duck) call to action
We were proud to hear the city of Opelika had been awarded a challenge grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help the plans for the...
A part of our heritage
On Monday, the state of Alabama and many of its citizens will observe Confederate Memorial Day. Why not? It’s a part of our heritage, our culture,...
Why we can ‘never forget’
Next Thursday, April 19, marks National Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time when as a nation we are supposed to come together to memorialize and...
Lessons to be learned from recent teenage deaths
What began as a dispute over a relatively small amount of money ended with one young man being forced to pay the ultimate cost. Late last week,...
