unemployment

The rate was 3.9% in September making it a record low for the city, according to State of Washington Employment Security Department numbers dating back to 1990.

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

Produce companies are competing for scarce talent in a tight economy, and that translates to better benefits and higher compensation than a few years ago.

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.

The numbers show that the unemployment rate in Yakima for the month of January 2018 was 7.3 percent, the City’s lowest for that month since the state agency began implementing electronic records back in 1990.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state's unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in nearly 10 years, dropping to 4.7 percent last month. The latest numbers released by the Employment Security Department Wednesday show that March's rate dropped from February's rate of 4...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington added 12,800 new jobs while the unemployment remained at 5.8 percent in January, the same as the rate for December. A new report released on Wednesday from the state's Employment Security department says the state's greatest job growth came in the retail sector, which added 3,500 new jobs. Edu...

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...

A government-supported unemployment agency in Central Florida is in hot water today after it reportedly spent $14,200 to fund 6,000 superhero capes to hand out to unemployed area residents. It's all part of what's being called the 'Cape- A-Bility Challenge,' a contest in which out-of-work Floridians take on "Dr. Evil Unemployment," a cartoon character that represents the current state of