The Greensboro-High Point metropolitan area's unemployment rate was 7 percent in January, according to the state Department of Commerce.Â
That's down from 10 percent in January 2013 and down from 7.4 in December.Â
The labor force shrunk by 9,811 workers since January 2013.Â
North Carolina's seasonally adjusted rate for January was 6.7 percent, down from 8.8 percent in January 2013.
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A committee that looked at companies vying for the contract recommended negotiating first with the joint venture of HICAPS and C2 Contractors, both based in Greensboro. The Guilford County Board of Education could vote on the issue at its retreat on Saturday.
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On Friday, following a month of declining COVID-19 cases in North Carolina, the state eased restrictions for the first time since the fall, including reopening indoor bars at 30% capacity. All North Carolina bars can serve drinks inside for the first time in nearly a year.
RALEIGH — Walgreens will start offering COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina next week through a federal partnership.
A state House bill would offer some business owners a COVID-19 related deferment on their 2020 property tax payment through the end of 2021.
Bars, lounges, night clubs and taverns can have indoor patrons for the first time since the pandemic began. They can expand to 30% capacity with a cap of 250 individuals.
WILMINGTON — Nearly a year after most of them shut down during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the area’s historic sites ar…
More than 380 companies from at least 20 states will be participating in the Anywhere Career Fair. Locally, companies range from Lowes Foods and and American Partners Federal Credit Union to Labcorp and Caring Hands Home Health.
House Bill 4, sponsored by Henderson County Republican Timothy Moffitt, received unanimous support in the General Assembly.
Retirement should inspire thoughts of mixed drinks on the beach and long afternoons with the grandkids. But for many people, just mentioning the word spurs anxiety.
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