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First-time unemployment claims dropped 10% in Washington last week compared to the one prior. The state Employment Security Department says total claims also dropped by 6.6%. It continues a three-week trend for initial applicants being lower than the week before ...

Initial unemployment claims across most of North Central Washington and the state were down last week, some seeing the lowest the numbers they've had since mid-March. One of those counties was Douglas which saw it's fewest number of first-time applicants since mid-March with 85 ...

First-time unemployment claims in North Central Washington and the state dropped last week when compared to the one prior according to the state's Employment Security Department. Chelan County had 200 initial applications, the second-lowest number since the pandemic began ...

First-time unemployment claims were up in Washington 10.1% for the week ending Sept. 5th compared to the previous week to 20,0006. But in good news, it was down 6.5% overall to 531, 425 according to numbers released Thursday by the state Employment Security Department ...

After record-breaking unemployment in April and May, the numbers for the month of June showed improvement, though were still worse than last year. Regional Labor Economist Don Meseck says the worst hit sector was leisure and hospitality which lost 40% of their jobs over the year, while the federal government was stable or added jobs ...

First-time unemployment claims were down 27% while total claims were down nearly 5% last week in Washington according to the Employment Security Department. Chelan County saw a minor drop in initial claims, down about 30. Douglas County was practically flat, down just six ...

The state's Employment Security Department says first-time unemployment claims were up nearly 43% last week to more than 40,000 though total claims were down. Chelan and Douglas counties also saw increases in initial filings going from a little under 350 for the two county area to nearly 550 for the week ending on the 10th ...

First-time claims of unemployment in Washington fell 11 percent last week to a little more than 28,000 however total claims rose nearly six percent according to the Employment Security Department. Chelan County saw its initial claims remain flat while Douglas County saw a slight decline ...

First-time unemployment claims rose slightly in North Central Washington and across the state last week. The Employment Security Department released numbers Thursday that showed nearly 31,911 Washingtonians filing for benefits for the first time ...

According to numbers released Thursday by the State Employment Security Department, initial claims for unemployment in Chelan and Douglas County dropped slightly to their lowest levels since mid-March. Meanwhile Grant County residents filing for the first time rose slightly for the second straight week ...