Yellow Springs lost an additional 7.3 percent of its population in the last decade, continuing a 40-year population plummet.
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Yellow Springs High School alumna unearths ‘Yesterday’s YS’
An internship at the YS Chamber of Commerce has turned into an unexpected deep dive into the village’s midcentury streetscape — and, now, a public historical photo project.
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Record-breaking snowstorm hits village
According to some initial reports, it was a record-breaking storm. The National Weather Service stated that 12.4 inches of snow fell on the Dayton International Airport on Jan. 25, thus beating the previous record held by the infamous Blizzard of 1978. By 0.2 inches, last weekend’s storm holds the regional title for the most snow to fall in 24 consecutive hours.
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Hike through John Bryan, Clifton Gorge
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves and Ohio State Parks will present their annual winter hike through John Bryan State Park and Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve on Saturday, Feb. 7.
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Ready, set, date!
All eligible singles in the Miami Valley area are invited to a casual evening of speed dating on Thursday, Feb. 5, 7–9 p.m., at Peach’s Grill, 104 Xenia Ave., in Yellow Springs.
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Tin Can Economy | Apparently some definitions mean little
“This modern slave patrol is barging into homes, busting out windows, kidnapping workers from restaurants, barging into private spaces with all the violence they can muster, with bad tempers and prejudices holstered in their belts.”
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The Patterdale Hall Diaries | The wilderness years
“It will remain below freezing for three more days and then we get a reprieve. I’ll continue lighting fires at the Hall, but am unlikely to stay out overnight because of the toilet situation.”
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Dispose of your meds, safely
The box is the result of a collaboration between the YS Police Department, local resident Emma Robinow and Odd Fellows Lodge #279, and is designed to safely collect prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications and even vitamins.
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Ohio’s first measles outbreak of the year reported
On Jan. 9, Ohio Department of Health Director Bruce Vanderhoff reported the state’s first measles cases and outbreak of 2026.
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New highs for county bird count
Flocks of keen-eyed hikers, veteran birders and pedestrian ornithologists fanned out across 48 Greene County sites on Saturday, Jan. 3, with a straight-forward mission of logging every bird they saw.
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Executive Director Montgomery to retire from Friends Care Community
This week, after more than eight years leading the nonprofit Friends Care Community, Executive Director Mike Montgomery is stepping out from behind the desk one last time, officially retiring from the position Friday, Jan. 9.









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