unemployment

Douglas County's unemployment rate in May was more than a full point below than what it was in April according to data supplied by the Employment Security Department. Numbers released Tuesday show Douglas County with 5.1% unemployment while Chelan County had 5 ...

First-time unemployment claims dropped in Chelan and Douglas Counties for the third straight week. The 83 claims in Chelan County were lower than every week in 2020, but two, even prior to the pandemic. Douglas County was higher than just four weeks in 2020 ...

Douglas County had the lowest unemployment rate for the month of April in North Central Washington. According to the State Employment Security Department Douglas' number was 6.2% compared to 6.5 in Chelan, 7.6 in Grant and 7.7% in Okanogan County ...

The State Auditor's Office released a review of the Employment Security Department who potentially lost more than $1 billion due to fraud in 2020. In a statement, State Auditor Pat McCarthy said, "There are fraud prevention techniques Washington’s program could have used to lessen the impact of these schemes, but the agency’s resources also were overcome by circumstances truly beyond its con

Initial unemployment claims in Washington were up 3.6 percent last week, though total claims were down almost 1 percent. In North Central Washington, Chelan and Douglas Counties saw a drop in first-time applications while Grant and Okanogan saw slight increases ...

The unemployment rates in North Central Washington were all higher for the month of February than January according to data released by the Employment Security Department. Chelan County saw the biggest increase from 6.9% to 7.2%. Douglas County saw a small increase to 7 ...

First-time unemployment claims were down slightly in Washington last week, but up in Chelan, Douglas and Grant Counties. They were down in Okanogan County. Statewide, total claims were down nearly one percent week over week, but for the first time since early 2020, they were down compared to the same time the year prior ...

The State Employment Security Department released county unemployment data for the month of January Wednesday. Chelan County had the lowest rate in North Central Washington at 6.9% which was the same as December. Douglas County saw a slight increase to 7 ...

The state Employment Security Department released the county unemployment numbers for January Tuesday. Chelan County's rate was 6.9% while Douglas County was at an even 7%. Both are increases from November when the two-county area was at 6 ...

First-time unemployment claims were down across the board in the four-county, North Central Region according to data released Thursday by the Employment Security Department. For the week ending January 16th, Chelan County saw a nearly 100-applicant decline ...