Politics Articles

County Designates More ARPA Money

Commission continues discussion on ARPF;  allocating for broadband and water By Hannah Lester hlester@opelikaobserver.com LEE COUTNY — The Lee County Commission designated $700,000 of the county’s $10 million revenue replacement funds during its meeting Monday night....

Summer P-EBT Benefits Coming to Families with Eligible School Children

CONTRIBUTED BY ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MONTGOMERY –– The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) has received federal approval to distribute Summer Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits to an estimated 485,000 children who participate in the National...

Opelika Kiwanis Stays Busy

The Opelika Kiwanis Club recently hosted Dani Nelson and Leif Espelund (pictured top) , owners of the Heritage House. They spoke on the history of the house and discussed the services they offer. They also hosted Robert Norton (pictured on bottom) who discussed...

Inside the Statehouse

Very Impressive, High Steppin’ Victory for Gov. Ivey By Steve Flowers OPINION –– Our popular high steppin’, pistol tottin’ Gov. Kay Ivey won a very impressive reelection victory for governor on May 24. Ivey turned back eight GOP primary challengers to win the...
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers As is my tradition, as the old year comes to a close, I like to pay homage to legendary Alabama leaders who have passed away. We...

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