The county’s January unemployment rate was up slightly from December’s 6% and more than double the rate of 3% a year earlier.

Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in North Carolina last week compared with the week prior.

The North Carolina House voted almost unanimously — with only one lawmaker opposed — on Tuesday to boost unemployment benefits to $450 a week. The bill needs one more vote, largely procedural ...

Buncombe County's unemployment rate remains among the top in North Carolina after Tropical Storm Helene hit in September.

North Carolina has long had some of the stingiest unemployment benefits in the nation. Under normal cirumstances unemployment pays no more than $350 a week — often less, depending on the person ...

A month after Helene hit western North Carolina, Cooper issued an executive order, citing his emergency powers. The order ...

The March 10 deadline to timely apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) for 39 North Carolina counties and the ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in North Carolina dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs ...

The March 10 deadline to timely apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) for 39 North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina is quickly approaching.