Quilt Festival Set For September
The 2026 West Virginia Quilt Festival will bring quilters from across the state and beyond to the Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley Sept. 17 to Sept. 19.
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Unemployment Ticks Up For February
For the just-released month of February, unemployment rose a tenth to 4.7%. These are seasonally adjusted numbers.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Lost More Jobs Than Any Other State Last Year, Labor Bureau Says
New data suggests West Virginia is losing more jobs than any other state. In a one-year span, the number of jobs within West Virginia fell by roughly 9,400 positions.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Loses Jobs In New Year, Workforce Data Shows
According to labor data released Monday, West Virginia lost roughly 3,800 non-farm positions on company payrolls between January 2024 and January 2025.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va.'s Declining Coal Industry Leads to Highest Unemployment in Nation
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released July jobless numbers and once again West Virginia tops the list with the highest unemployment rate in the…
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