A new company will officially announce its intentions to set up business in Marion County Tuesday, creating new jobs for the county.

Labor Day weekend marks the end of the tourism season for many businesses along the Grand Strand.

The South Carolina Employment Security Commission, in cooperation with Sen. Gerald Malloy and other area legislators, will team up to help Pee Dee area workers find jobs on Saturday, August 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Building 300 on the Florence-Darlington Technical College campus, located at 2715 W. Lucas Street, off Florence-Darlington Highway.

All but one Pee Dee county showed a slight increase in unemployment rates in June, according to the S.C. Employment Security Commission’s monthly report released Friday.

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An office furniture company plans to relocate its operations in Chesterfield, bringing up to 20 new jobs to the area in the next five years.

A a state-of-the-art battery recycling facility, representing a $100 million investment and the creation of 250 jobs in Florence County, will be announced June 2.

Unemployment in South Carolina showed signs of stabilizing while still slightly increasing to 11.5 percent — a state record — in data for April released Friday by the S.C. Employment Security Commission.

A national insurance company is in town hoping to hire more than 100 people.

The S.C. Department of Social Services Workforce Development Division will be hosting a job fair Thursday in Florence. The event will feature companies such as the city of Florence, Goodwill Industries and Blue Choice Medicaid looking to add new members to their staff.

The state’s unemployment continued its climb in February, reaching 11 percent in the latest round of numbers released by the State Employment Security Commission on Friday. The rate was up from the revised 10.3 percent rate for January.

In her 30-plus years of working in human resources for the City of Florence, Darene Stankus said more people are applying for positions they probably never would have considered. City leaders said they normally see about two dozen people applying for their openings, but now they’re seeing nearly five times that amount.

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Even though thousands filled the Myrtle Beach Convention Center Wednesday for the 15th Annual Hospitality Association job expo, that number didn’t quite line up with the number of vendors present.

Myrtle Beach Workforce Center Area Director, Doris Buffkin, says they’re keeping their fingers crossed about getting people back to work, and continue to remain upbeat.