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Most of the Pittsburgh region moves to yellow today

The Pittsburgh skyline is seen from the West End Overlook, a city park, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Pittsburgh is one of dozens of cities working frantically to land Amazon's second headquarters.  (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

PITTSBURGH — Most counties in the Pittsburgh region have now been placed in what Gov. Tom Wolf classifies as the "yellow phase" of reopening efforts which lifts stay-home orders that have been in place since late March. Wolf made the announcement of this transition last week and is expected to announce today which additional counties will see the transition to yellow in the days ahead.

As a result of the transition, more businesses beyond what the state classifies as life-sustaining will now be able to reopen so long as physical distancing and sanitation guidelines are followed.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times.



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