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With vote set for this month, some still unsure of Northwest plan

By Kailey Beth Smith | Community Reporter | March 7

“Change is inevitable — it can happen — but we will not all understand all the components of it," White said at Tuesday's meeting.

Discussions surrounding eating disorders arise during week of awareness

By Jessica Ballard | Standards Editor | March 2

This week, Feb.26–March 4, is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week — a week in which NEDA encourages people to "raise awareness, bust myths, get people screened and start journeys to healing."

Mallory Hagan, former Miss America: Pageant scandal ‘despicable’

By Caroline Hannum | Community Writer | March 1

Opelika native Mallory Hagan is known for winning the Miss America pageant in 2013.

Mothers worry for safety at Auburn High School

By Eduardo Medina | Community Writer | March 1

Local parents want a change in policies and architecture.

Surge Trampoline Park finds success in Opelika

By Paul Brock | Campus Writer | February 28

“We just want to provide a fun and a safe place,” said Chase Higgens, the general manager for the Opelika Surge Park.

Two students arrested for trespassing in Jordan-Hare

By Sam Willoughby | Community Editor | February 27

Two Auburn University students were arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly trespassing in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

February 26

Two Auburn University students were arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly trespassing in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Jazz makes a home in Auburn

By Jessica Jernigan | Community Writer | February 26

“It’s not the same people every weekend, and that’s what makes it so exciting and special."

From slave to Auburn businesswoman

By Eduardo Medina | Community Writer | February 26

At sunup, Pine Hill Cemetery opens its iron gates, and the faintly eroded marks of birth and death become visible from Auburn’s dawn.

Flu season in full swing in Auburn, statewide

By Olivia Wilkes | Community Writer | February 23

Along with the rest of Alabama, Auburn is currently in the thick of the flu season, according to local doctors, as people across the entire country are contracting the viral infection in exceptionally high numbers this season.

Representatives from AU head to the Capitol for Higher Education Day

By Kailey Beth Smith | Community Reporter | February 23

The annual Higher Education Day took place in Montgomery on Feb. 22 and included students from the 14 public colleges and universities from around the state.

Auburn police investigate 'concerning social media posts' from students

By Staff Report | February 22

The two incidents and the arrest of an Opelika High School student for making terroristic threats online come just a week after a mass shooting in Florida.

Opelika teen arrested for threatening to 'shoot up' high school

By Staff Report | February 22

The FBI and OPD arrested and charged him with making a terrorist threat Wednesday night.

February 22

Mallory Hagan addresses Auburn students on the issues

By Olivia Wilkes | Community Writer

“I genuinely feel that our democracy is under attack in a lot of different ways, from an ideology standpoint, possibly from an actual standpoint,” Hagan said.