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Letter to the Editor:

OPINION — As beautiful as Lee County is, why does the county not have ordinances in place to not allow personal property or private property to become an eyesore with the collection of inoperable vehicles, scrap metal or garbage collection and/or other debris to...

Support Alabama’s Foster Parents in Transforming Lives

CONTRIBUTED BY NANCY BUCKNER, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES OPINION — Ask a foster parent what it is like to open their heart and their home to a child or teenager in foster care, and you may get an answer like this: “It’s not easy, but the...

Proposed Law Puts Your Vision at Risk

CONTRIBUTED BY E.M. BRENDAN WYATT, MS, MD. OPINION — When Alabamians need surgery, especially on something as complex and important as their eyes, they should be able to trust that the medical professional providing their care is knowledgeable and highly trained. Yet,...

An Opelika Friday Night

BY JOHN ATKINSON OPINION — PHOTO BY ED SIKORA I went to a county carnival tonight. Cotton candy. Pretzels. Bratwurst. Pork rinds. Barbecue. Loaded fries. Tacos. Heartburn. I saw hospital employees. Security. ER. Education. Registration. EMS. Service Excellence....

Katie Britt: Leaving People Behind in Afghanistan is Un-American

Katie Britt: Leaving People Behind in Afghanistan is Un-American

Aug 25, 2021

BY KATIE BRITT The Biden Administration has created a hotbed of national security and humanitarian disasters I’m sure like me, you’ve seen the...

Rep. Mike Rogers Expresses Concern For Safety of Americans in Afghanistan

Rep. Mike Rogers Expresses Concern For Safety of Americans in Afghanistan

Aug 25, 2021

CONTRIBUTED BYTHE OFFICE OFREP. MIKE ROGERS On Aug. 20 and Aug. 21 U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed...

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Aug 18, 2021

The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is taking the front page on many newspapers, media outlets and dominating the conversation at the...

Rep. Mike Rogers Expresses Concern For Safety of Americans in Afghanistan

Rogers: “Catastrophic And Historic Failure of Leadership by the Biden-Harris Administration”

Aug 18, 2021

CONTRIBUTED BY THEOFFICE OF MIKE ROGERS U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Alabama), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the...

COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are unnecessary with available vaccines

Aug 11, 2021

By Joseph Giambrone, Auburn University professor emeritus This editorial is not intended to offend, it is a plea for an acceptance of reality...

Why Only Citizens Should Vote

Why Only Citizens Should Vote

Aug 11, 2021

CONTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF ALABAMA SECRETARY OF STATE — JOHN MERRILL Agrowing number of left-leaning political activists and thinkers are...

Rep. Mike Rogers Expresses Concern For Safety of Americans in Afghanistan

Lee County Commission Watch

Aug 11, 2021

This page space is purchased in response to "streamlining" Lee County Commission meetings to impede citizen input from being viewed and placed into...

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

Aug 4, 2021

Dear Fellow Alabamians, Last week the discussion of Covid vaccination burst into the news and ripped the scab right off the wound exposing the...

Rep. Mike Rogers Expresses Concern For Safety of Americans in Afghanistan

Lee County Commission Watch

Jul 28, 2021

This page space is purchased in response to "streamlining" the Lee County Commission Agenda to impede citizen input from being viewed and placed...

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