by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Community, Featured
BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Over conversation, between sips of coffee and bites of biscuit, one local company was awarded the Opelika Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Quarter award. “The award is our longest standing award dating...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Community, Education, Schools
CONTRIBUTED BY THE OPELIKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OPELIKA — The Opelika Chamber of Commerce would like to announce that the due date for Lee County Young Leaders applications has been extended, and high school juniors and seniors are welcome to apply. Previously,...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By SEAN DIETRICH Buc-ee’s convenience store sits outside Athens, Alabama, like a giant squatting beaver. This Texas-based gas station place is not a mere gas station. Buc-ee’s is a dwarf planet. You’re looking at Six Flags Over Circle K. And the place is packed today....
by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Community, Events
CONTRIBUTED BY THE OPELIKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OPELIKA — The Opelika Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Business Over Breakfast event on April 11, 2023, at Southern Union State Community College in Opelika. Join the Opelika Chamber of Commerce as it hosts the...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 29, 2023 | Community
Storms tore through East Alabama Sunday night, March 26, causing damage to the roof and back wall of the building housing Niffer’s Place in downtown Opelika. Niffer’s stated in a Facebook post that it is grateful that no one was in the building at the time of...
