unemployment

With the economy on the rocks, and money tight all over, is it a surprise that our county ranks so high?

The unemployment rate of 3.9 percent is the lowest reading for the month of August since county-level unemployment data began to be recorded 1990.

Another WARN Alert has been issued by the  WA State Employment Security Department, this one for a healthcare health services company. 174 jobs to be eliminated by October of this year Crothall Healthcare, a company that provides various services to health facilities including cleaning, staffing, food service and more, will lay off 174 workers beginning in early October. The W...

The figures show a sharper rise year-over-year, with the jobless rate sitting at 6.1 percent in February of last year.

More jobs were available, but it seems more people looked for a job

More than $9-million was returned from a Bank of America account

(Olympia, WA)  --  Washington's economy added 16-thousand-100 jobs last month as the unemployment rate remained at three-point-seven percent.  Most jobs were added in government, education and health services, and professional and business services.  The Washingt...