The employment rate continues to rise in Highlands County, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...more

December 21, 2008 |

Florida's unemployment rate jumped to a 15-year high last month, rising to 7.3 percent, and the state's job losses are increasingly being felt outside of the hard-hit construction industry. ...more

December 20, 2008 |

Florida's unemployment rate jumped again last month, rising to 7.3 percent, and the state's job losses are increasingly being felt outside of the hard-hit construction industry. The number of unemployed Floridians rose to an estimated 680,000 in November, or 7.3 percent of the state's labor force of 9.3 million. The unemployment rate had been 7 percent in October, and it was just 4.4 percent in November 2007 on a seasonally adjusted basis. Florida's jobless rate is higher than the overall U.S. rate of 6.7 percent. ...more

December 19, 2008 |

According to the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, construction jobs have taken the biggest hit in the past year. ...more

August 20, 2008 |

Florida's unemployment rate in July increased to 6.1 percent, the highest in the state in 13 years. ...more

August 16, 2008 |

Florida's unemployment rate increased in July to 6.1 percent, a level not seen in the state since January 1995. ...more

August 15, 2008 |

Area events and entertainment in the Hernando County area. ...more

February 1, 2008 |

SEBRING — Ricky Singer donned a hair net Wednesday morning as he stood in front of the Sweetbay's meat department in Sebring. ...more

October 17, 2007 |