Unemployment Claims Continue Fall in NCW, State

The Employment Security Department released its weekly unemployment data Thursday for the week of February 28th through March 6th.

Chelan County's first time unemployment claims fell by 14% as compared to the week previous, while Douglas County doubled that success with a 28% drop. Grant County saw an 11% reduction and Okanogan saw 63 initial unemployment claims, the same number as last week.

Statewide claims were down 9.2% from the week before. Decreases in layoffs in construction led the overall drop in regular initial claims.

More information on the state's weekly unemployment rates can be found here.