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. Senate Race The runoff election for the Republican primary in the Senate race is between former senator Jeff Sessions...

Wounded veteran dedicated to Opelika’s future launches campaign to overwhelming support. Special to theOpelika Observer Today, U.S. Army veteran and proud Opelikian, Todd Rauch, has qualified as a candidate for Opelika City Council in Ward 5.  Upon his...

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 where the original “Tea Party” happened, on December 16, 1773. Close by is Quincy Market, another national treasure....

Special to theOpelika Observer U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) is urging Senate leadership for additional federal funding and support for state departments of labor, which have been overwhelmed by the wave of unemployment insurance claims. This also comes as disturbing...