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Pilot Mike Durant Plans a Smooth Landing Into U.S. Senate

By GREG MARKLEY On  Oct. 3, 1993, I was in Hohenfels, Germany. We were in the “maneuver box” playing a war game. A crony of mine said: “This place is muddy, freezing, wet, full of snow and dark practically all day. That must be why they call it Hell.” A few...
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Ed Packard Calls on Alabama Legislature to Secure Electronic Voting Machines

CONTRIBUTED BY ED PACKARD Sunday, Ed Packard, Republican Party candidate for Secretary of State, announced his support for Senate Bill 46, legislation introduced by Senator Clyde Chambliss, State Senator representing Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore and Tallapoosa...
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Inside the Statehouse

Groundhog Day By Steve Flowers Happy Groundhog Day. It is an ironic juxtaposition that the State of the Union address by the president and Groundhog Day occur on the same day. One involves a meaningless ritual in which a doddering octogenarian who is as outdated as...
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Food Truck Friday Nights to Begin in Downtown Opelika Feb. 4

BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER Starting Friday night, downtown Opelika will be home to Food Truck Friday Nights, with the event happening on the first and third Fridays of every month from 5 to 9 p.m. including a late-night truck from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. There will be four...
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