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• Yellow Springs Schools— No early end to academic year

  By Carol SimmonsMay 6, 2020

  

  Yellow Springs Schools Superintendent Terri Holden announced Friday, April 24, that despite the district’s hopes to end the school year two weeks early, after students reach the minimum instructional hours required by the state, distance learning will continue through the district’s originally scheduled final day, May 29.

• New order requires Ohioans to ‘stay safe’

  By Audrey HackettMay 5, 2020

  

  Gov. Mike DeWine announced a new Stay Safe Ohio order on May 1, loosening previous “stay-at-home” restrictions while also urging Ohioans to continue social distancing.

• Phased restart of Ohio’s economy

  By Audrey HackettApril 30, 2020

  

  Gov. Mike DeWine announced a phased restart of the Ohio economy at his Monday, April 27, briefing, the first specifics offered after an earlier announcement that Ohio would begin to reopen May 1.

• Pandemic stressors affect mental health

  By Carol Simmons

  

  The current medical crisis of COVID-19, while physical in nature, affects our mental health, whether we contract the virus or not.

• Governor details phased restart of Ohio economy

  By Audrey HackettApril 28, 2020

  

  Ohio is set to reopen in phases, with nonessential medical procedures resuming May 1 and some nonessential businesses reopening on May 4 and May 12.

• Questions about voting in the extended primary

  By Audrey HackettApril 27, 2020

  

  The News answers some last-minute questions about the voting process in the extended March 17 primary election.

• COVID-19 in Greene County: Interview with an epidemiologist

  By Megan BachmanApril 26, 2020

  

  Earlier this week, the Yellow Springs News spoke with Dr. Don Brannen, an epidemiologist at Greene County Public Health. Brannen spoke about COVID-19 spread in the county, the role of the health department in contact tracing to contain the disease and differences between Greene County and Ohio as a whole.

• Yellow Springs resident dies from COVID-19

  By Megan BachmanApril 24, 2020

  

  Village resident Matthew Huntington has died from COVID-19. Huntington, 50, died Saturday, April 18, at Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek, where he battled the disease for more than two weeks.

• COVID-19 news— When, and how, will Ohio open?

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The full plan will be released over the coming weeks, state officials said.

• 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.