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Local unemployment rate stays the same in March

Russell County saw no change in its unemployment rate last month compared to the year prior, according to new data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The report shows Russell County’s unemployment rate last month […]

KY unemployment rate stays steady

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary March 2023 unemployment rate was 3.8 percent according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The rate remains unchanged from a year ago. Over the past 15 months, the rate has been […]

KY’s unemployment rate stays at 3.9%

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for February was 3.9 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. The preliminary February 2023 jobless rate was unchanged […]

Russell County’s unemployment rate sits at 5.3%

Russell County’s latest unemployment rate comes in at 5.3 percent, according to newly released data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics. Locally, the unemployment rate increased 0.3 percent from December to January. McCreary County had […]

Kentucky’s unemployment rate sits at 4 percent

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary 2022 unemployment rate for December 2022 was 4 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. The preliminary December 2022 jobless rate […]

Ambulance Board, Jaycees discuss special event rate

Last night’s meeting of the Russell County Ambulance Board lasted nearly two hours, about half of which involved a discussion about the new special event rate approved by the board last year. The board approved […]

Russell County has highest unemployment rate in area

Russell County’s latest unemployment rate comes in at 5.4 percent, the highest in the 10-county Lake Cumberland district. The unemployment rate in Russell County increased 0.1 percent from October to November, according to new data […]