By Steve Flowers Incumbency Prevails in Secondary Constitutional Offices Incumbency is a potent, powerful, inherent advantage in politics. That fact...
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Ivey Awards $10 Million for Volunteer Fire Department COVID Recovery Grants
CONTRIBUTED BYTHE OFFICE OF GOV. KAY IVEY Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday awarded $10 million of the State Fiscal Recovery Fund from the American Rescue...
Auburn Holds Trash Amnesty and Hazardous Waste Collection
Contributed by the city of Auburn Ready to clear out the clutter in and around your home this spring? Trash Amnesty 2022 will take place March 14...
Blanchard: Biden’s First Year Was One Bad Decision After Another
Calls on Ivey, legislature to act immediately for Alabamians’ relief Contributed to the Observer Lindy Blanchard, Republican candidate for governor,...
The War in Ukraine is a Teachable Moment
 Teach the next generation about the value of freedom andwhat it means to be a patriot
Lew Burdette Joins Governor Race
CONTRIBUTED BYTHE LEW BURDETTE CAMPAIGN Lew Burdette (R-ROANOKE) has defied big odds before. At age 15, he was abducted, then stabbed, shot, pitched...
Lee County Conditionally Approved Smiths Station Fire Protection District
BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The Lee County Commission conditionally approved a resolution to establish a Smiths Station Fire...
Auburn Mayor Ron Anders Running for Reelection
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER Auburn Mayor Ron Anders today is officially announcing that he is seeking reelection in the city’s Aug. 23, municipal...
Opelika Approves Special Appropriation for Indian Pines
BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER The Auburn University Regional Airport will be getting a runway extension, taking land from the Indian Pines Golf Course in...