MARION—Marion County is reported to have the second highest unemployment rate in December at 22.6 percent, which is an increase from 21.2 percent in November.

The U.S. Census Bureau will host a series of job fairs Saturday in both the Pee Dee and Horry and Georgetown counties designed to identify potential census workers.

December unemployment rate in South Carolina hit new recorded records. That rate rose to 12.6 percent. The state’s Employment Security Commission said that the biggest job loss last month came in leisure and hospitality businesses which lost more than 5,000 jobs.

Do you ever get the feeling that we, Americans of the United States, are some of the most selfish, self-centered and immature brats that ever lived? I am not claiming to be guilt-free, but look at our national situation as a whole!

News 13 and the South Carolina Employment Security Commission will team up Friday evening to host a Job Helpline.

Lake City City Council has given its final approval to a property rezoning for the construction of a Walmart Supercenter on property where two major U.S. highways meet.

AVX workers facing layoffs as Myrtle Beach company moves operations to the Upstate are among thousands nationwide now deemed eligible for new benefits.

35 people will lose their jobs as part of a reorganization plan at the Pepsi Bottling plant in Conway.

GE Healthcare will increase production capacity at its Florence plant, creating 20 to 25 jobs in assembly production, the company announced Wednesday morning.

It’s often said that the New Year is a time for new beginnings, an opportunity for fresh starts. Typically we vow to exercise more, eat less, spend fewer hours at the office, acquire new skills, or achieve some similar goal.

After working for more than three decades with the S.C. Employment Security Commission, Connie Ford has retired from her post as area director for the Florence One-Stop Workforce Center.

With the new unemployment numbers rising in South Carolina, many unemployed people may not know where to turn. James Kyriakos used to be in that boat.

The unemployment rate in South Carolina jumped to 12.3 percent in November, setting a record high for the state, the State Employment Security Commission reported Friday. Three of the 10 counties with the highest unemployment rates are located in the Pee Dee.

A government military contract with BlueCross BlueShield PGBA in Florence is being extended from April until March 2011. But the 90 people who were working under another contract that ended will still have their positions eliminated Feb. 5.

At a time when our country is sending more than $1 billion a day overseas to buy oil, we aren’t doing nearly enough to invest in clean energy sources here at home. Why?