diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
index 9182bf7d..414c83f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,20 @@ jobs:
       - run: WD=`(cd ../../.. && pwd)` && export RAVEN_LIBS_NAME="raven_libs_"`basename $WD` && ../raven/scripts/establish_conda_env.sh --install
       - run: cd ../raven && ./build_raven
       - run: ../raven/run_tests --library-report
-      - run: ../raven/run_tests -j4 --plugins --re=HERON
+      # The overhead time added by checking coverage is currently about 19% for a single run_tests.
+      # Reducing the frequency of coverage checks may be preferable if this increases.
+      - run: bash coverage_scripts/check_py_coverage.sh -j4
+      # report_py_coverage is being called twice, once within check_py_coverage to print to the terminal and once here to get data for the annotation
+      - run: >
+          DATA_FILE=`pwd`/.coverage && COV_RCFILE=`pwd`/coverage_scripts/.coveragerc &&
+          COV_RPT=`bash coverage_scripts/report_py_coverage.sh --data-file=$DATA_FILE --coverage-rc-file=$COV_RCFILE` &&
+          echo "::notice title=Coverage Summary::$COV_RPT For details, download 'coverage_results' from Artifacts, extract all files, and open 'index.html'."
+      - name: Archive coverage results
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: coverage_results
+          path: tests/coverage_html_report
   Test-HERON-Windows:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, windows]
     steps:
@@ -33,4 +46,4 @@ jobs:
       - run: $Env:RAVEN_LIBS_NAME =  "raven_libraries_"+(Get-Location).Path.Split("\")[-4]; bash ../raven/scripts/establish_conda_env.sh --install --conda-defs $HOME/Miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
       - run: cd ../raven; bash ./build_raven
       - run: bash ../raven/run_tests --library-report
-      - run: bash ../raven/run_tests -j4 --plugins --re=HERON
+      - run: bash ../raven/run_tests -j4 --plugins --re=HERON/tests
diff --git a/tests/.coveragerc b/coverage_scripts/.coveragerc
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/.coveragerc
rename to coverage_scripts/.coveragerc
diff --git a/coverage_scripts/check_py_coverage.sh b/coverage_scripts/check_py_coverage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7bbdb77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coverage_scripts/check_py_coverage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+SCRIPT_DIRNAME=`dirname $0`
+HERON_DIR=`(cd $SCRIPT_DIRNAME/..; pwd)`
+cd $HERON_DIR
+RAVEN_DIR=`python -c 'from src._utils import get_raven_loc; print(get_raven_loc())'`
+
+source $HERON_DIR/coverage_scripts/initialize_coverage.sh
+
+#coverage help run
+SRC_DIR=`(cd src && pwd)`
+
+export COVERAGE_RCFILE="$SRC_DIR/../coverage_scripts/.coveragerc"
+SOURCE_DIRS=($SRC_DIR,$SRC_DIR/../templates/)
+OMIT_FILES=($SRC_DIR/dispatch/twin_pyomo_test.py,$SRC_DIR/dispatch/twin_pyomo_test_rte.py,$SRC_DIR/dispatch/twin_pyomo_limited_ramp.py,$SRC_DIR/ArmaBypass.py)
+EXTRA="--source=${SOURCE_DIRS[@]} --omit=${OMIT_FILES[@]} --parallel-mode "
+export COVERAGE_FILE=`pwd`/.coverage
+
+coverage erase
+($RAVEN_DIR/run_tests "$@" --re=HERON/tests --python-command="coverage run $EXTRA " || echo run_tests done but some tests failed)
+
+## Prepare data and generate the html documents
+coverage combine
+coverage html
+
+# See report_py_coverage.sh file for explanation of script separation
+(bash $HERON_DIR/coverage_scripts/report_py_coverage.sh --data-file=$COVERAGE_FILE --coverage-rc-file=$COVERAGE_RCFILE)
diff --git a/check_py_coverage.sh b/coverage_scripts/initialize_coverage.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 60%
rename from check_py_coverage.sh
rename to coverage_scripts/initialize_coverage.sh
index 3476e0d0..aa588b64
--- a/check_py_coverage.sh
+++ b/coverage_scripts/initialize_coverage.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+# This script prepares for running commands from the coverage package
+
 SCRIPT_DIRNAME=`dirname $0`
-SCRIPT_DIR=`(cd $SCRIPT_DIRNAME; pwd)`
+HERON_DIR=`(cd $SCRIPT_DIRNAME/..; pwd)`
+echo $HERON_DIR
+cd $HERON_DIR
 RAVEN_DIR=`python -c 'from src._utils import get_raven_loc; print(get_raven_loc())'`
 source $RAVEN_DIR/scripts/establish_conda_env.sh --quiet --load
 RAVEN_LIBS_PATH=`conda env list | awk -v rln="$RAVEN_LIBS_NAME" '$0 ~ rln {print $NF}'`
 BUILD_DIR=${BUILD_DIR:=$RAVEN_LIBS_PATH/build}
 INSTALL_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR:=$RAVEN_LIBS_PATH}
 PYTHON_CMD=${PYTHON_CMD:=python}
-JOBS=${JOBS:=1}
 mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
 mkdir -p $INSTALL_DIR
 DOWNLOADER='curl -C - -L -O '
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ update_python_path ()
 }
 
 update_python_path
-PATH=$INSTALL_DIR/bin:$PATH
+export PATH=$INSTALL_DIR/bin:$PATH
 
 if which coverage
 then
@@ -45,30 +49,3 @@ else
 fi
 
 update_python_path
-
-cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-
-#coverage help run
-SRC_DIR=`(cd src && pwd)`
-
-# get display var
-DISPLAY_VAR=`(echo $DISPLAY)`
-# reset it
-export DISPLAY=
-
-export COVERAGE_RCFILE="$SRC_DIR/../tests/.coveragerc"
-SOURCE_DIRS=($SRC_DIR,$SRC_DIR/../templates/)
-OMIT_FILES=($SRC_DIR/dispatch/twin_pyomo_test.py,$SRC_DIR/dispatch/twin_pyomo_test_rte.py,$SRC_DIR/dispatch/twin_pyomo_limited_ramp.py,$SRC_DIR/ArmaBypass.py)
-EXTRA="--source=${SOURCE_DIRS[@]} --omit=${OMIT_FILES[@]} --parallel-mode "
-export COVERAGE_FILE=`pwd`/.coverage
-
-coverage erase
-($RAVEN_DIR/run_tests "$@" --re=HERON/tests --python-command="coverage run $EXTRA " || echo run_tests done but some tests failed)
-
-#get DISPLAY BACK
-DISPLAY=$DISPLAY_VAR
-
-## Prepare data and generate the html documents
-coverage combine
-coverage html
-
diff --git a/coverage_scripts/report_py_coverage.sh b/coverage_scripts/report_py_coverage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ba7b65d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coverage_scripts/report_py_coverage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# To be run after a run of check_py_coverage.sh
+# This script has been separated from check_py_coverage.sh for the github action, so that
+#   the output of run_tests within check_py_coverage.sh can be printed, but the report
+#   value can be caught and put in an annotation. This is necessary because calling
+#   "coverage report --format=total" directly in the yaml does not work
+
+SCRIPT_DIRNAME=`dirname $0`
+HERON_DIR=`(cd $SCRIPT_DIRNAME/..; pwd)`
+cd $HERON_DIR
+
+source coverage_scripts/initialize_coverage.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+# read command-line arguments
+ARGS=()
+for A in "$@"
+do
+  case $A in
+    --data-file=*)
+      export COVERAGE_FILE="${A#--data-file=}"  # Removes "--data-file=" and puts path into env variable
+      ;;
+    --coverage-rc-file=*)
+      export COVERAGE_RCFILE="${A#--coverage-rc-file=}"  # See above
+      ;;
+    *)
+      ARGS+=("$A")
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+COV_VAL=`coverage report --format=total "${ARGS[@]}"`
+if [[ $COV_VAL = "No data to report." ]]
+then
+  echo "Could not find data file with coverage results."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Coverage for this repository is now $COV_VAL%."