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McCondichie Voices Displeasure With AU Softball Coaching Via Twitter

BY NOAH GRIFFITH  FOR THE OBSERVER  AUBURN —  After several players entered the transfer portal following Auburn softball’s end of the 2023 season, four-year player and recent Auburn graduate, Carlee McCondichie, took to social media to voice her displeasure with...

Why are Policymakers Undermining One of the FDA’s Most Successful Programs?

BY RACHEL KING OPINION — Alzheimer's patients received great news this year when the FDA granted accelerated approval to lecanemab, a new treatment for fatal dementia.  The FDA's accelerated approval program expedites the release of new drugs to treat serious...

A Fight Worth Fighting 

OPINION  — A few months ago, I saw on the news where a biological male MMA fighter began identifying as a woman and started fighting competitively against biological females. In back-to-back fights, the biological male fighter beat his female opponents to a pulp,...

Apocalypse Averted

OPINION — Do the climate doomsayers ever get it right? It seems there is yet another apocalypse ever on the horizon. I was reminded recently that the perpetual oracle of doom Greta Thunberg had made the bold and ill-informed statement exactly five years ago that “A...

Letter to Editor:

Irecently saw someone post on social media that we needed some kind of theatre opportunity in Opelika, and I was pretty surprised that the poster...

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It’s Time to Expand Medicaid for Rural Alabama

Letter to Editor:

The Lee County Education Retirees Association Advocacy Network would like to thank the Lee County Legislative Delegation and the Alabama Legislators...

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Letter to the Editor and OCS

OCS Board Members, I hope all is well with you. I have a question regarding the new appointment of Dr. Farrell Seymore. In late January, Dr....

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Letter to Editor:

Every election for every public office is important in a democracy. In the upcoming election, the election for secretary of state throughout the...

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Letter to Editor:

Since Opelika Main Street’s founding in 1987, downtown Opelika has grown from a sleepy business district that had seen better days into a bustling...

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