BY HANNAH LESTER The city of Auburn is in the process of forming an art-related study group, which will look at changing the zoning ordinances in...
Politics Articles
Smiths Station to Suspend Ambulance Transport Services
CONTRIBUTED BY SSFR Feb. 2022 Smiths Station Fire & Rescue "SSFR" will suspend ambulance transport operations indefinitely. This reduction in...
Dr. Chris Roberts to Serve As Auburn’s 21st President
BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The Auburn University Board of Trustees voted to confirm Auburn’s 21st President Dr. Chris Roberts on...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
In the Company Relatives — Family Members Can Hurt or Help Campaigns
By GREG MARKLEY Mary L. Trump, a niece of former president Donald Trump, exemplifies a relative who doesn’t agree with her famous relative on most...
Doug “New Blue” Smith Qualifies for Governor “There Are Two Killers Stalking the Land”
CONTRIBUTED BY DOUG SMITH Doug “New Blue” Smith qualified for governor at Democratic Headquarters in Montgomery and said, “There are two killers...