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Russell County’s COVID incidence rate ranks 51/120

The last update, posted Friday evening on the state dashboard, showed 22 new COVID cases in Russell County, which was in the middle of the county-by-county numbers reported on Friday. Jefferson County reported 856 new […]

Russell County has 4% unemployment rate

Russell County’s unemployment rate currently sits at 4 percent, Adair County is 3.6 percent, Casey 3.3 percent, Pulaski 3.6 percent, Cumberland 2.8 percent, Clinton 3.6 percent, Wayne 3.7 percent, and Taylor County at 2.7 percent, […]

State’s Unemployment Rate at 3.9%

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary December 2021 unemployment rate was 3.9 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. The preliminary December 2021 jobless rate was down […]

Russell County Unemployment Rate Released

Unemployment rates fell in all 120 counties between November 2020 and November 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Russell County’s unemployment rate is […]

SKRECC seeking rate adjustment

South Kentucky RECC has filed an application with the Public Service Commission requesting an overall revenue adjustment of 7.7%. As proposed, the increase would take place over a two-year period in an effort to lessen […]

School board proposing no change to tax rate

The Russell County Board of Education is not proposing a change to the school tax rate. The tax rate has remained unchanged since 2018, and Superintendent Michael Ford told the board during a special-called meeting […]