BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER The Opelika City School Board held its reqularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday afternoon. During the meeting, the board voted to give employees that are required to quarantine due to COVID-19 up to 10 days of paid leave during the 2021-22...

Contributedby Auburn University The education realm has been one of the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as educators, administrators, parents and students had to scramble to adjust to policies and guidelines put in place in the interest of public...

Contributed byAuburn UniversityBy Teri Greene A new book by an Auburn University professor tracks the dramatic pivot in commercial forest ownership — lands once overwhelmingly owned by integrated forest products companies that have, in the past four decades or so,...

BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHERThe Lee County School Board voted unanimously at its Tuesday night meeting  to approve a motion to name the Smiths Station Junior High School band room in honor of Dr. Rusty Corson for his years of service. Corson spent 22 years in the Smiths...