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The Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Commitee (AJAC), announced today that it is offering a new machining apprenticeship program at Yakima Valley Community College.

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The political race is gaining steam as the voters get closer to running to the polls. The democratic candidate for governor made a stop in Yakima today to discuss jobs and education. Jay Inslee discussed his plans yesterday afternoon at Yakima Valley Community College about creating more jobs

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Cabela's outpost store planned for Union Gap is hiring 90 employees and all you have to do is go to the companies website. Interviews are set for July 11th through the 14th but you can turn in your application today, go to Cabelas.com and click on careers at the bottom of the page and follow the links. Various retail sales posit

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Washington state is first to make it easier for veterans and employers find each other when it comes to jobs. New features on the Worksource website will allow employers to show they have a preference to hire veterans

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Washington’s job prospects brightened significantly in May, with an estimated net growth of 11,700 jobs, according to the state’s Employment Security Department.

The estimated unemployment rate also rose slightly, from April’s revised rate of 8

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With the unemployment rate being what it is, a lot of people these days are being forced to work for minimum wage. But exactly how much you get could depend largely on what state you’re in.

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Snokist growers could wind up in new hands. An Oregon company looks to buy the cannery for more than $40-million. The day Snokist growers filed bankruptcy in December, the owner of an Oregon-based food processing company started talking about buying it

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Dirt and debris are being removed to make way for an outdoors-man's paradise. however, this paradise won't be outside, rather indoors at the Cabela's outpost store in Union Gap. The Mayor Jim Lemon says the st

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If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, consider this depressing statistic: Today in America there are nearly twice as many people working for the government (22.5 million) than in all of manufacturing (11.5 million).

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January was the strongest month in terms of job growth in Washington in more than three years, state officials announced Tuesday.

That helped push the unemployment rate down to 9.1 percent in January, compared with 9.3 percent in December, according to the Washington State Employment Security Department.

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