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07/07/11 The Culpeper branch of the Virginia Employment Commission will shut down in September, leaving displaced American Press workers with fewer resources.
06/30/11 The unemployment rate in Henry County dropped below 10 percent in May, the first time in two and a half years that the rate was in the single digits, according to data released Wednesday by the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC).
06/29/11 The Richmond area's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate rose slightly from April to May as college and high school graduates entered the workforce, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Wednesday.
06/29/11 Martinsville continued to have by far the highest unemployment rate in Virginia in May and saw its situation worsen slightly, according to the latest figures from the Virginia Employment Commission.
06/02/11 Buoyed by strong growth in the seasonal leisure and hospitality sector, the region's unemployment rate improved to 6.5 percent in April, down from 7 percent in March, according to the Virginia Employment Commission.
05/31/11 If you were trying to file unemployment claims or apply for a job through the Virginia Employment Commission, you might have had a hard time getting it done from home. The website crashed Tuesday. The site is back up and running now but was down all morning and into Tuesday afternoon and some people say they couldn't get on the website over the holiday weekend.
04/27/11 Hampton Roads' unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in March, down from February's 7.3 percent, according to the Virginia Employment Commission.
03/18/11 Williamsburg had the second-highest rate in the state at 18 percent. Hampton Roads' unemployment rate hit 7.6 percent in January, after falling to 7 percent in December, according to the Virginia Employment Commission.
02/03/11 A former Fieldale business owner pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing public funds by making false claims to the Virginia Employment Commission.
01/05/11 November unemployment hit 7.2 percent in Hampton Roads, up from October's 7 percent, according to the Virginia Employment Commission.
01/04/11 The local unemployment rate jumped in November, rising to 7.1 percent from 6.8 percent in October, a News Leader analysis of Virginia Employment Commission data shows.
01/04/11 From October to November, local unemployment rose slightly as the number of jobless increased, according to data released Tuesday from the Virginia Employment Commission.
01/04/11 Winchester-area unemployment inched up to 7.1 percent in November, according to Virginia Employment Commission data.
12/07/10 Hampton Roads' unemployment rate held steady in October at 7 percent, according to the Virginia Employment Commission.
12/07/10 The Winchester-area jobless rate held at 7 percent in October. A total of 4,445 residents of the Winchester metro area, which the Virginia Employment Commission defines as the city, Frederick County and Hampshire County, W.Va., were drawing unemployment benefits during the VEC's sample week of Oct. 10-16.
11/03/10 Hampton Roads' unemployment rate fell to 7 percent in September, down from August's 7.4 percent, the Virginia Employment Commission reported.
11/03/10 The area's unemployment rate fell to 6.9 percent in September from 7.2 percent in August, according to Virginia Employment Commission data. But the unemployment rate for Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County stood at 6.8 percent in Sept., 2009.
10/22/10 The unemployment rate in Virginia dipped slightly over the last two months, from 6.9 percent in August to 6.8 percent in September, the Virginia Employment Commission announced Friday.
09/29/10 The Richmond region's unemployment rate held steady in August at 7.9 percent. The rate stood at 7.9 percent in July after being adjusted for July, and it was the same in August a year ago, according to monthly unemployment figures released yesterday from the Virginia Employment Commission. Almost 657,000 people ...
09/29/10 The unemployment rate in Culpeper County ticked slightly downward in August, figures released Wednesday by the Virginia Employment Commission showed. But there is still a sense locally that the job market remains bleak.
09/29/10 Hampton Roads' August unemployment rate inched back to 7.4 percent from 7.5 percent in July, as the region added roughly 1,400 new jobs, the Virginia Employment Commission said Wednesday. | 
