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• Unemployment woes in village

  By Lauren ShowsApril 23, 2020

  

  Villagers reported varying levels of difficulty with the unemployment application process, with the process working more smoothly for some than others.

• 50 years on: Earth Day in Yellow Springs

  By Megan BachmanApril 22, 2020

  

  The News has invited some of our own prominent local environmentalists to reflect on the 50-year anniversary of Earth Day.

• Yellow Springs School District explores early end to school year

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Yellow Springs’ final day is currently set as May 29, with teachers’ last day scheduled June 1. But Superintendent Terri Holden would like to shorten the school year by two weeks and conclude the instructional year May 15.

• Delays, confusion in primary

  By Carol SimmonsApril 20, 2020

  

  As the deadline for voting in Ohio’s 2020 primary election nears, Greene County voters are reporting worrisome waits in receiving their requested absentee ballots as well as confusion around sometimes contradictory instructions.

• Furloughs, pay cuts at Antioch

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Antioch College has enacted sweeping furloughs, hour reductions and pay cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

• Help for local tenants, landlords

  By Megan BachmanApril 16, 2020

  

  Stepping in to assist is a new local volunteer committee organized around housing issues. Their goal? That no one loses their home because of the coronavirus pandemic.

• UPDATE: Second Greene County COVID-19 death reclassified

  By Megan Bachman

  

  A day after Greene County Public Health reported its second death from COVID-19, the health department reclassified the death as not related to COVID-19.

• Local farmers eye uncertainty

  By Audrey HackettApril 11, 2020

  

  Life and growth are happening on local farms against the backdrop of massive shutdown and uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• The world of COVID-19 — Seniors learn to adapt

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 10, 2020

  

  How are older Yellow Springers faring in this new isolation? To find out, the News spoke to about a dozen villagers, most in their 80s or older.

• First case of COVID-19 in Yellow Springs confirmed

  By Megan BachmanApril 9, 2020

  

  On Tuesday, April 7, local authorities were informed of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the village.