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Alabama Set to Receive $1.4 Billion to Expand Access to Broadband

FROM THE OFFICE OF GOV. KAY IVEY MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey announced recently that Alabama will receive $1.4 billion from the U.S. Department of Commerce to boost ongoing efforts to expand broadband access to unserved areas. The National Telecommunications and...

DA Requesting Funds

BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERHGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Commission heard a DA Funding Proposal from District Attorney Jessica Ventiere during its Monday night meeting. “I think that most people believe that we are fully funded by...

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt Honored for Term Limits Support

CONTRIBUTED BY U.S. TERM LIMITS ALABAMA — U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama was honored for her steadfast commitment to place term limits on Congress. U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the nation’s largest pro-term limits group, honored Britt for taking a strong...

Smiths Station City Council Takes Steps Toward Road Improvement

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM SMITHS STATION — The Smiths Station City Council had a quiet month of meetings. The mayor and council made one new appointment to the Historical Commission and had first and second readings for two items of...

U.S. Senate Race is our 2022 Election Year Premier Contest

U.S. Senate Race is our 2022 Election Year Premier Contest

Jan 12, 2022

By Steve Flowers This year’s midterm congressional elections will be the political story of the year in American politics. The U.S. House of...

Lee County NAACP Question City’s Use of Redistricting Consultant

Lee County NAACP Question City’s Use of Redistricting Consultant

Jan 12, 2022

Contributed by Kendra Majors, Alabama Values Auburn community members on Tuesday called on the Auburn City Council to consider the submitted...

Lee County Commission Meeting Rescheduled to Jan. 18

Lee County Commission Meeting Rescheduled to Jan. 18

Jan 12, 2022

Monday night's scheduled meeting for the Lee County Commission was postponed due to multiple commissioners being exposed to COVID-19, preventing...

Barely Read By Students, The Poor, Neglected Syllabus Deserves Better

Barely Read By Students, The Poor, Neglected Syllabus Deserves Better

Jan 12, 2022

By GREG MARKLEY It was the first day of class at a public university, and the professor duly handed out copies of the syllabus, informally called...

Debbie Hamby Wood Qualifies for Rebuplican Primary, Seeks Second Term

Debbie Hamby Wood Qualifies for Rebuplican Primary, Seeks Second Term

Jan 12, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BY REP. DEBBIE WOOD District 38 Representative Debby Hamby Wood qualified Tuesday for the May 24 Republican primary. She is seeking...

Lee County NAACP Question City’s Use of Redistricting Consultant

Attorney Gen. Steve Marshall Welcomes FCC Order Speeding Up Barriers to Illegal Robocalls

Jan 12, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Attorney General Steve Marshall welcomed the Federal Communications Commission’s...

U.S. Senate Race is our 2022 Election Year Premier Contest

Inside the Statehouse

Jan 5, 2022

By Steve Flowers Happy New Year. It is election year in the good ole Heart of Dixie. Alabama, like a good many southern states, has our monumental...

Building Inspection Officials Honored at Opelika City Council

Building Inspection Officials Honored at Opelika City Council

Jan 5, 2022

BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER During Tuesday night’s Opelika city council meeting, Mayor Gary Fuller honored Opelika’s Chief Building Inspector, Jeff...

Lee County NAACP Question City’s Use of Redistricting Consultant

Auburn Purchases Equipment for Dinius Park; Postpones Redistricting

Jan 5, 2022

BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The Auburn City Council voted to purchase playground equipment for Dinius Park Tuesday night. The...

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