Articles About Village of Yellow Springs Public Works

• Dispatches from Navajo Nation

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 8, 2024

  

  Established in 2018 with coordination from the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority and members of the American Public Power Association, Light Up Navajo has, over the last decade, electrified nearly 7,000 homes within the Navajo Reservation.

• Feature Photo — Walk the Line

  By Matt MindeAugust 30, 2024

  

  Crosswalk, median and parking lines around the village are currently being shored up with fresh white paint and a dusting of glass beads.

• Yellow Springs water, electric meters to go remote

  By Reilly DixonAugust 12, 2024

  

  Soon, Yellow Springs residents will have meters that can be read remotely and quickly — each producing hour-by-hour usage data.  The goal of this initiative? To help local utility customers better monitor usage, and as a result, save money and resources. 

• Yellow Springs Public Works employees to bring power to Navajo Nation

  By Reilly DixonJune 12, 2024

  

  Participating in the “Light Up Navajo” mutual aid initiative are five Village Public Works employees who will connect Native American residents living without power to an electrical grid for the first time.

• Village Council | March 4 Meeting

  By Reilly DixonMarch 28, 2024

  

  In his Manager’s Report, Burns told Council that development of the future 90-home subdivision, Spring Meadows, is on schedule.

• Off line

  By YS News StaffMarch 22, 2024

  

  A storm that passed over the village during a tornado warning early Wednesday morning, Feb. 28, resulted in a loss of electric power throughout Yellow Springs, beginning at about 4:30 a.m.

• Johnnie Burns sworn in as Yellow Springs village manager

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 22, 2024

  

  At the most recent Village Council meeting, held virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 20, Interim Village Manager Johnnie Burns was appointed to permanently fill the manager role, following unanimous approval from Council. He was officially sworn in early Wednesday morning.

• The giving Gaunt

  By Reilly DixonDecember 7, 2023

  

  Earlier this week, Village crews did a little sharing of their own and carried out the tradition of delivering flour and sugar to Yellow Springs widows and widowers.

• Multi-modal pathway construction, intersection narrowing work to begin

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 4, 2023

  

  Villagers will soon have an easier and safer time walking down some of Yellow Springs’ most trafficked throughways.

• August public works projects planned, underway

  By Reilly DixonAugust 11, 2023

  

  At Gaunt Park, crews entered their second month of working on the Village’s 63-foot-tall, 900,000-gallon water tower.