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Auburn University Student Center Gets an LED Video Upgrade

CONTRIBUTED BY SNA DISPLAYS AUBURN — Auburn University upgraded its Harold D. Melton Student Center with the addition of a BOLD™ Interior LED screen from SNA Displays. The project was led by Electrical Technicians, Inc (ETI). The center, which serves as a “home away...

Goodwill Southern Rivers To Award $100,000 In Educational Scholarships

Students Will Receive Gap Grants to Help Cover Tuition & Other Expenses CONTRIBUTED BY GOODWILL SR COLUMBUS, GA. — Goodwill Southern Rivers (Goodwill) today announced it will be awarding up to $100,000 in educational scholarships to students in its 50-county...

Auburn University Signs Deeds for Donation of Dye’s Crooked Oaks Farm

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY CROOKED OAKS FARM CONTRIBUTED BY AUBURN UNIVERSITY/KENDRA CARTER AUBURN — The Auburn University Real Estate Foundation (AUREF) and the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment (CFWE) has accepted a gift of 415 acres of Crooked...

Harvard Kennedy School Awards 2023 Cahn Public Service Fellowship

CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce that Representative Jeremy Gray has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious 2023 Cahn Public Service Fellowship. The esteemed fellowship grants Gray the...

Auburn University Receives Multi-Million-Dollar Grant to Meet Rural Challenges

Auburn University Receives Multi-Million-Dollar Grant to Meet Rural Challenges

Dec 21, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BY AUBURN UNIVERSITY AUBURN — Auburn University is one of three universities sharing a $28 million grant award from the U.S. Department...

Camp War Eagle Helps Students Feel At Home

Camp War Eagle Helps Students Feel At Home

Dec 21, 2022

BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Mark Armstrong was recognized for his work in November as one of Auburn Mayor Ron Ander’s...

OMS, OHS Fill the Halls with Christmas Tunes

OMS, OHS Fill the Halls with Christmas Tunes

Dec 15, 2022

PHOTOS BY MATT AUSTIN / FOR THE OBSERVER Opelika Middle School and Opelika High School concert bands held their annual Christmas concerts on...

Lee County School Board Hears Report Card Update

Lee County School Board Hears Report Card Update

Dec 14, 2022

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — While Lee County schools are showing improvement in some areas, the latest...

Air Force Donates Wrestling Mat to Beauregard High School

Air Force Donates Wrestling Mat to Beauregard High School

Dec 8, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BY BHS BEAUREGARD — Staff Sgt. Joseph Glasgow and Tech Sgt. Greg Deachan from both the Air Force and Special Warfare Air Force are...

Doing Things The ‘D.A.C. Way’

Doing Things The ‘D.A.C. Way’

Dec 7, 2022

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — The D.A.C. Way is a local nonprofit organization on a mission to enhance the positive...

April Brock Named Principal of New Fox Run School in Opelika

April Brock Named Principal of New Fox Run School in Opelika

Dec 7, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BY OCS OPELIKA — April Brock has been named principal of the new Fox Run School in Opelika. Brock currently serves as an assistant...

Lee County Board of Education Reorganizes

Lee County Board of Education Reorganizes

Nov 30, 2022

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Probate Judge Bill English swore in the two newest members of the Lee County Board...

Children Are Lights of Joy

Children Are Lights of Joy

Nov 30, 2022

I love being with children as we head into the holidays. Children help us relive our own childhood. Just being around children brings gifts of...

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