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4/14/2014Read More...
Earth Day brings volunteers to the Ohop Valley
OLYMPIA – Cris Peck, a Washington Service Corps member serving his second term with the Nisqually Land Trust, will lead an Earth Day project to maintain one of the trust’s largest restoration sites in South Puget Sound.
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4/14/2014Read More...
Expect dirty hands at Earth Day events
OLYMPIA – Washington Service Corps members will get their hands dirty at a variety of Earth Day cleanup, planting and habitat restoration projects in King County. Look for people wearing vests with the AmeriCorps logo.
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4/3/2014Read More...
Disaster unemployment benefits authorized for SR-530 landslide
OLYMPIA - Disaster unemployment benefits are now available to workers and self-employed individuals who lost their jobs or had their work hours substantially reduced as a result of the State Route 530 landslide in Snohomish County.
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3/31/2014Read More...
Washington family epitomizes National Volunteer Week
OLYMPIA - A Washington dad and two of his sons are united by more than blood. Acting on a common passion for helping others, they’re all doing terms of service under the auspices of AmeriCorps, a national community-service organization.
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3/31/2014Read More...
Oso disaster victims get special unemployment-claims phone line
OLYMPIA – The Employment Security Department has activated a special unemployment-benefits phone line for people affected by the Oso landslide.
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3/28/2014Read More...
Unemployment benefits manual no longer being mailed to all applicants
OLYMPIA – Internet access is now so available in Washington that the Employment Security Department expects to use it to deliver key benefit information that until now automatically went out by mail.
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3/19/2014Read More...
Washington’s unemployment rate holds steady at 6.4 percent
OLYMPIA – The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate didn’t budge in February, staying unchanged from January’s 6.4 percent, according to economists with the state’s Employment Security Department.
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3/5/2014Read More...
Washington has recouped its recession job losses
OLYMPIA – Washington now has more jobs than before the start of the Great Recession, according to economists with the state’s Employment Security Department.