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Young Leaders Program Sets New Class

CONTRIBUTED BY THE OPELIKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OPELIKA — The Opelika Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce and congratulate this year’s Lee County Young Leaders Program class. Lee County Young Leaders is a county-wide program that aims to nurture and develop...

Opelika City Schools Approves New Budget, Defines Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The Opelika City Schools (OCS) Board approved a $37.3 million fiscal year 2023 budget at its Sept. 15 meeting. OCS Chief Financial Officer Chris Harrison presented the budget and explained that expected revenue...

Back on Course: Cross Country Returns to SUSCC

CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC OPELIKA — After a hiatus of over a decade, the cross-country program at Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) is once again up and running. Both men’s and women’s cross country teams returned to competition on Friday, Sept. 16, at the...

Lee County School Board Honors Member, Approves New Budget

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Board of Education recognized District 7 Board Member Brian Roberson and approved its budget for fiscal year 2023, among other business, at its regular meeting Sept. 13. Roberson died...

Smiths Station High School moving to blended learning

Smiths Station High School moving to blended learning

Dec 14, 2020

Lee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mac McCoy made the following statement about the decision to move Smiths Station High School to blended...

Xtreme Athletics hosts battle at XA

Xtreme Athletics hosts battle at XA

Dec 12, 2020

By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Xtreme Athletics, located at 3766 Pepperell Parkway in Opelika, is an athletic facility that provides...

Opelika City Schools announce Teachers of the Year

Opelika City Schools announce Teachers of the Year

Dec 9, 2020

Amanda Massey - Opelika Middle School Teacher of the Year Breeana Boyd - Elementary Teacher of the Year and Morris Avenue Intermediate Teacher of...

Young Children Equal JOY at Christmas

Young Children Equal JOY at Christmas

Dec 9, 2020

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. During Advent, being around young children...

Complementing curriculum with 3D printers

Complementing curriculum with 3D printers

Dec 9, 2020

Contributed by ACS Auburn City Schools recently participated in the GE Additive Education Program, a grant program funded by General Electric to...

Opelika school system in-person attendance rising

Dec 9, 2020

By Will FairlessAssociate Editor The Opelika school board met last Tuesday for a combination of the regularly scheduled November and December...

Auburn accepting by GPA not ACT

Dec 9, 2020

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The pandemic has affected a lot of different processes, college admission being one of them. Most...

OHS named finalist in nationwide Dept. of Education CTE challenge

Dec 2, 2020

Contributed byU.S. Department of Education Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced the five finalists in CTE Mission: CubeSat, a national...

Auburn University Board of Trustees removes former Gov. Graves’ name from amphitheater and drive

Auburn University Board of Trustees removes former Gov. Graves’ name from amphitheater and drive

Dec 2, 2020

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Auburn University Board of Trustees voted to remove former Gov. Bibb Graves’ name from Graves...

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