Saturday, June 24, 2017

May jobless numbers
Following the lowest state unemployment rate in nearly 20 years, Tennessee’s county unemployment rates for May have decreased in 94 counties and remained the same in 1, according to data released Thursday by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Davidson County has the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate at 2.1 percent, Knox County’s 2.5 percent, Chatanooga 3.6 while Shelby County has an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent. Local numbers are; Cocke County 3.7 percent, Jefferson County 3 percent, Hamblen and Greene Counties 3.1 percent and Sevier County 2.6 percent.


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Thursday, April 29, 2021

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  • Mill Creek Wildfire Update
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    Wednesday, April 28, 2021

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  • Cocke Co. High School Remote Learning today!

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