The ''Opelika-Auburn News'' is a daily

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, serving Opelika, Auburn, and the surrounding communities.

History

The newspaper began as the weekly ''Opelika Industrial News'', on September 11, 1890. On May 30, 1904, the newspaper began publication as the ''Opelika Daily News''. In 1968, Millard B. Grimes and investors purchased the paper, changing its name to the ''Opelika-Auburn News'' in 1969, and then selling it in 1977. It was owned by the

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until 2000, when it was sold to Media General. In 1995, the ''News'' was awarded "Most Improved Daily Newspaper" by the Alabama Press Association and that year the parent company purchased the competing Auburn Bulletin and Lee County Eagle. In the early 2000s, the ''News'' was a member of a coalition of newspapers which brought suit against Auburn University to uncover financial misbehavior by trustees. In 2012, Media General sold most of its newspapers, including the ''Opelika-Auburn News'', to

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purchased the newspaper in 2020.

Awards

2018 Better Newspaper Contest - Alabama Press Association

References

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