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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...

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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 Appoints New City Officials, Approves Annexations

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM SMITHS STATION — Smiths Station City Council had a busy month. The mayor and council members appointed two new city officials, approved annexations and rezones and commemorated the anniversary of the nearby 1 On 1...

Leadership Alabama Announces the 2022 – 23 Alabama Leadership Initiative Class

CONTRIBUTED BY REP. JEREMY GRAY BIRMINGHAM — Leadership Alabama, a statewide program of Alabama leaders engaged in creating a network for positive change, recently announced the 2022 - 23 class of the Alabama Leadership Initiative (ALI). The program, which was...
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Inside the Statehouse

We Have Six Living Former Governors. How Are They Doing? Some of you may wonder how many past governors we have in Alabama who are still living and...

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