UNEMPLOYMENT RATES RISE IN AREA
The unemployment rate for each of Tennessee’s 95 counties has increased, according to data released yesterday by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Cumberland County’s unemployment rate is at 4.6 percent, Roane reported in at 4.8 percent, Fentress County’s unemployment rate is 5.1 percent, Rhea came in at 6.2 percent, Morgan County is 5.4 percent and Pickett County’s current unemployment rate is 4.3 percent.