Henderson County posted an unemployment rate of 9.2 percent in July, slightly higher than its neighboring counties, which had rates around 9 percent, according to the N.C. Employment Security Commission.
Polk and Transylvania counties posted rates of 9 percent, the state ESC July unemployment report stated. Buncombe County had the lowest unemployment rate of the group [...]
More than 1 million North Carolinians are expected to take a trip of more than 50 miles from home this Labor Day holiday, the AAA stated.
That would be more than 12 percent more than Memorial Day — when gas prices actually were about 14 cents lower.
“That is more than 113,000 more than Memorial Day,” David [...]
At age 44, Dale Cloud faced the daunting prospect of starting a new career.
After being laid off by a Haywood County contracting company in 2007, Cloud knew opportunities in his trade were drying up.
He believed health care held the promise of better job security, so he applied to a one-year program in surgical technology at [...]
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