Pastor looking to keep Opelika safe, healthy and prosperous By Will FairlessAssociate Editor Chuck Adams, student minister and associate pastor at...
Chuck Adams announces run for Ward 5 seat
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Politics Articles
Alabama Primary Runoff election is July 14
By Will FairlessAssociate Editor The Alabama Primary Runoff election will be held on July 14 and Lee County has two races on the Republican ballot....
Todd Rauch qualifies as candidate for Opelika City Council Ward 5
Wounded veteran dedicated to Opelika’s future launches campaign to overwhelming support. Special to theOpelika Observer Today, U.S. Army veteran and...
Protests are as American as apple pie; but violence is bad news
By Greg MarkleyFor the Opelika Observer For the first time since I traveled to Boston as a sixth-grader, I saw again the place in Boston harbor...
Sen. Doug Jones calls for more federal funding, support for states
Special to theOpelika Observer U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) is urging Senate leadership for additional federal funding and support for state...
Congressman Mike Rogers issues statement on passage of NDAA
Special to theOpelika Observer Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement last week after the National Defense Authorization...
Inside the Statehouse
GOP Senate runoffin less than two weeks Folks, we are less than two weeks away from our election contest for our U.S. Senate seat. The runoff...
Lee County residents seek help with environmental concerns
By Michelle KeyPublisher Auburn resident Terry Buford brought concerns regarding the Sandhill Recycling Center, which is located on South Hwy. 29...
No ‘Tub for Gov.’, no ‘Gen. Beauregard’, but 2018-2020 slogans still interesting
By Greg MarkleyFor the Opelika Observer Political signs were relatively prim and proper when I first noticed them in the mid 1960s. Wealthy...