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IN THIS ISSUE BUSINESS NEWS A3 | POLITICS A7 | PUBLIC NOTICES A8 | OBITUARIES A14 SPORTS B1 | EDUCATION B5 | FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT B11
Auburn Chamber names Small Businesses of the Year See page A3
2022, 2023 — APA DIVISION D GENERAL EXCELLENCE DESIGNATION — 2024 COVERING LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Vol. 16, No. 46 Opelika, Alabama Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 Your hometown newspaper created 'for local people, by local people.'
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Did someone say ‘Barbecue’? PHOTOS BY JERRY BALLAS | FOR THE OBSERVER
Country’s Barbecue opened its new location to the public on Friday, Aug. 16. The restaurant is located at 1021 Opelika Road in Auburn, next door to its former location. Pictured in the top right corner on the front row are Larry Wilson, owner; his wife Tracy; son Allen Wilson; on the back row are daughter Mandi Wilson Lakin and daughter Maggie Wilson.
Airport receives funding for apron expansion CONTRIBUTED BY ALDOT
LEE COUNTY — The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) announced it has awarded state funding for improvements at three municipal airports in Auburn, Cullman and Tuscaloosa. The Auburn University Regional Airport will receive $790,844 from the Federal
Aviation Administration and $43,935 from a state grant to expand the north terminal area apron. The airport will provide $43,937 in matching local funds for a total value project of $878,716. The Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field in Cullman will receive $225,099 from the Federal Aviation Administration and $12,505 from a state
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grant to re-construct a general aviation apron. The City of Cullman will provide $12,506 in matching local funds for a total value project of $250,110. The Tuscaloosa National Airport in Tuscaloosa will receive $428,716 from a state grant to apply a crack seal on two taxiways. The City of Tuscaloosa will provide $142,906 in matching local funds for a total
value project of $571,622. These grants are made possible through ALDOT’s Alabama Airport Improvement Funding Program. Through the program, ALDOT can provide financial assistance and other engineering or technical services to airport owners regarding the acquisition, construction, expansion, maintenance, or operation of public airport
facilities. ALDOT anticipates awarding approximately $8 million in state funds to Alabama’s various local airports during the 2024 fiscal year. For more information about the Alabama Airport Improvement Funding Program, visit the program’s dedicated webpage at www.dot.state.al.us/ publications/Aero/grantsFunding.html.
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