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What’s next for the residents of Springwood Hotel?

CONTRIBUTED BY OBSERVER STAFF OPELIKA — Ten days after nearly 120 long-term residents of the Springwood Hotel were evacuated at the request of the office of the Alabama State Fire Marshal, there is still no plan in place for repairing and reopening the...

Upcoming Events | Aug. 29, 2024

AUG. 29 — THIRD THURSDAY POETRY SERIESAuburn University’s Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities will host the Third Thursday Poetry Series on Aug. 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Pebble Hill (101 S. Debardeleben St., Auburn) featuring local readers...

Sean of the South | Aug. 29. 2024

It’s all in the algorithms OPINION — I woke up, staggered from my bedroom and made coffee. I pulled out my phone and commenced to scroll social media. On my screen, [there was] a young woman, in pajamas, dancing in her kitchen. She was maybe mid twenties, with a...

Alley Art Walk to be held on Food Truck Fridays

BY ELESE MCKINLEYFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Starting Aug. 16, the Opelika’s newest art studio, The Fired Fox, will host an Alley Art Walk in the breezeway between 8th Street and Courthouse Square. Alley Art Walks will be held on the third Friday of each month during...
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

The 2022 World Games Will Showcase Alabama By Steve Flowers Allow me to deviate from politics to discuss an important event for our state. The World...

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ARTHUR C. WARD JR.

Mr. Arthur C. Ward, Jr. 88, of Cortland, passed away Jan. 12, 2022, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, in Syracuse, New York. Arthur was born...

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