By Michelle KeyPublisher The Opelika City council approved the fiscal year 2021 budget during last week’s city council meeting. The $60,178,967 general fund budget is slightly smaller than the 2020 fiscal year budget in part due to lower projected gasoline tax income....

By Hannah Lester hlester@opelikaobserver.com  Deborah Birx, who serves as the white house coronavirus response coordinator, met with Auburn University leaders today to discuss how Auburn is handling the pandemic and reminded everyone to keep up the good work with...

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Auburn City Council extended its state of local emergency during its regular Tuesday night meeting. The state of local emergency was extended through Oct. 7, which is a few days after Gov. Kay Ivey’s safer at home order...

“The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people; that public discussion is a political duty; and that this should be a fundamental principle of the American government.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Courtesy of theNational Bar Association A truly great American has...