Editor's note: This article was updated at 4:28 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 23, to correct the combined percentage decrease in local employment after a company on the list submitted revised data. Local ...

Cross' Mills Public Library in March, at the start of the pandemic. Despite closing more than once in the last year, the library has maintained a robust slate of offerings, both virtual and in-person.

Local employment conditions appear to be holding up better than expected given federal-government cutbacks and their ripple effects across the broader economy. “Is the situation as dire as we were ...

Nonfarm employment increased by more than 400,000 in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The total number employed reached over 151 million, close to the level seen in February ...