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Friday, 30 March 2012 - 3:22pm
S.C.'s unemployment dips 0.2% in February; Beaufort mixed
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped slightly from 9.3% in January to 9.1% in February.That means for the seventh consecutive month the unemployment rate has...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 - 3:58am
Jobless rate falls to 9.5% in December, lowest since 2008; Beaufort holds steady
The SC Department of Employment and Workforce released the South Carolina’s Employment Situation this morning which reveals that South Carolina's unemployment rate...
Sunday, 22 January 2012 - 10:33am
Eviction rate skyrocketing purportedly skyrocketing in Beaufort County
According to local landlords, evictions are continuously increasing across Beaufort County.Landlord Gil Daniel was quoted in The Island Packet as saying evictions have "doubled,...
Sunday, 15 January 2012 - 9:00am
Changes could require those with S.C. unemployment benefits to work, shorten benefits
This week has shed light on possible changes coming to unemployment benefits that would lessen the number of weeks one could collect income.South Carolina's unemployment...
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 - 12:00pm
Statistics say many recent Beaufort grads finding jobs
The University of South Carolina Beaufort and the Technical College of the Lowcountry are boasting of recent data that show many of their graduates are finding employed.While the...
Thursday, 22 December 2011 - 7:23am
State unemployment rate drops to 9.9% in November, Beaufort down to 7.4% (Updated)
(Updates below with additional state and local employment numbers.)The SC Department of Employment and Workforce released the good word today that South Carolina's unemployment...
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 - 9:22am
S.C.'s unemployment rate dips down; Beaufort also better
After just edging lower in September, the good news pace on unemployment rates quickened in October, falling from 10.9% in South Carolina to 10.5%. Thanked for the change are...
Saturday, 22 October 2011 - 9:11am
S.C.'s unemployment dips 0.1% in September; Beaufort does better
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped slightly from 11.1 percent in August to 11 percent in September.The Beaufort metro area managed to do better, dropping...
Thursday, 22 September 2011 - 11:36am
Parody yet-not parody: Saving South Carolina from its own self
Things aren't sounding so great in South Carolina in the past week: We're coming off (thankfully inaccurate) comments from Gov. Nikki Haley that our workforce is drug-addicted...
Wednesday, 21 September 2011 - 12:46pm
Gov. Haley relents on claim that S.C.'s jobless can't pass drug tests
Remember how Gov. Nikki Haley was getting heat for a line about South Carolina's jobless being drug addicted?If you forgot: "... half of them failed a drug test and the half...