employment

Results from a recent survey shows which profession Washington believes are the true 'hidden heroes' of the work force!

The work spouse trend has been around about 20 years. How many co-workers claim to have a work wife or husband and what does that entail?

Get paid $22 an hour? The job description says, "You'll learn a lot!"

One might think that nurses, and teachers, would be amongst the top in-demand careers needed in Washington but the Employment Security Department begs to differ.

The key to driving down the unemployment numbers is to reopen the local economy.

The Dollar Tree store in Yakima at 703 W. Nob Hill Blvd. is holding a job fair today with positions being filled immediately.

The figures released Wednesday also show the city of Yakima’s unemployment rate for last month was 6.4 percent, the city’s second-lowest rate ever for the month of December.

The Yakima Chamber of Commerce is hosting a free Veterans and Community Job Fair at the Yakima Convention Center.

Safe Yakima Valley is putting on a job fair this Monday in Yakima aimed at high school students. Their goal is to place 100 kids with part-time jobs over the summer.

Yakima has the state's fastest-growing economy