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• 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.

• Yellow Springs School District explores early end to school year

  By Carol SimmonsApril 22, 2020

  

  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.

• K-12 distance learning to continue until the end of the school year

  By Megan BachmanApril 20, 2020

  

  Ohio’s K-12 schools will remain closed and teaching continue remotely until the end of the school year, Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Monday, April 20.

• 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. 

• Amid 693 case rise, path to reopen Ohio ‘by Ohioans, for Ohioans’

  By Audrey HackettApril 17, 2020

  

  Ohio saw 693 probable new cases of COVID-19 today, the highest rise to date, as Gov. Mike DeWine spoke in broad terms about a path to restarting Ohio. Greene County reported its second death from the illness.