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October employment drops in Beckley area and statewide gains
The 10 county Beckley region lost 2,530 jobs from Oct 1997 to Oct this year as goods and service producing sectors fell. Statewide nonfarm payrolls rose 1.2 percent, with a net 9,000 service jobs and a 500 goods job loss. Unemployment statewide held at 5.9 percent. regional rates ranged from 4.5 to 10.8 percent across counties with varied changes. A Princewick man’s mugging report was ruled fake, and a Charleston hunter died of a heart attack during buck season, the latter prompting brief safety notes.
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Beckley
State Office of Labor and Economic Research
Mercer
Monroe
McDowell
Nicholas
Wyoming
Fayette
Greenbrier
Princewick
Raleigh County
Brian Keith Berry II
Epperly Road
Dustin Jaynes
Berry
Jaynes
Charleston
Calvert Thaxton
Hogurphy
State Division of Natural Resources
Thaxton
Ingo
Lewis County
Murphy