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January Proclaimed as Human Trafficking Month

BY MICHELLE KEY MICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council and Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller issued a proclamation declaring January 2023 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month during its meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 3. The proclamation reads as follows:...

Tuberville’s Second Bill Becomes Law Law corrects an error preventing dependents from receiving education benefits

CONTRIBUTED BYHANNAH EDDINS DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY FOR SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE ALABAMA — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) bill to streamline post-9/11 GI Bill benefits was signed into law in December by President Joe Biden, marking the senator’s second piece of...

Omicron, Loamy and More Words of the Year 2022: Part Two

OPINION — In early December 1987, I was stationed at Fort McPherson, Georgia, as an enlisted leader with a small military history unit. An Army major approved a memorandum on the spot. When he gave it to me, I saw it read “Request for Christmas” with the vital word...

Inside the Statehouse

Richard Shelby Coming Home OPINION — Our iconic senior United States senator, Richard Shelby, will walk out of the Senate chambers in Washington, D.C., next week and come home to retirement in Tuscaloosa. History will reveal Shelby as Alabama’s greatest U.S....

Smiths Station approved funding for The Junction

Smiths Station approved funding for The Junction

Sep 12, 2020

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The city of Smiths Station recently opened a new entertainment venue for the city, The Junction. The...

Smiths Station approved funding for The Junction

Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller discusses the importance of the census

Sep 11, 2020

By Michelle KeyPublisher Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller made a plea for residents of Opelika to complete their 2020 Census during the Sept. 1 city...

Smiths Station approved funding for The Junction

LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER ELECTED TO STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Sep 9, 2020

Robert Ham selected for ACCA leadership positionCourtesy of ACCA Lee County Commissioner Robert Ham has been elected to serve as a member of the...

Rogers Signs Police Pledge

Rogers Signs Police Pledge

Sep 9, 2020

Courtesy of Rep.Mike Rogers Representative Mike Rogers (AL-03) signed Heritage Action’s Police Pledge, a pledge committing to voting against all...

Commission discusses Beulah quarry

Commission discusses Beulah quarry

Sep 6, 2020

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Although no action was taken, the commission again discussed the potential quarry in Beulah at Monday...

Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Sep 5, 2020

Labor Day Labor Day is Monday, and in bygone days it was the benchmark day for campaign season to start. Historically, Labor Day barbecues were...

Smiths Station approved funding for The Junction

APD given authority to stop alcohol sales

Sep 4, 2020

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Auburn City Council approved a resolution Thursday that will give the Auburn Police Division...

City budgets provide COLA, retirement benefits and higher police salaries

City budgets provide COLA, retirement benefits and higher police salaries

Sep 3, 2020

By Hannah Lester hlester@opelikaobserver.com The Auburn City Council approved an amendment to its mid-biennial budget for the current Fiscal Year...

Smiths Station approved funding for The Junction

Mask ordinance extended until Oct. 2

Sep 3, 2020

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Take a deep breath, Alabama - through your mask - because the safer at home order and mask ordinance...

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