Unemployment rates fell in every one of North Carolina's 100 counties in September, both from August and from a year earlier, the N.C. Department of Commerce reported Wednesday, Oct. 28. The county and metro rates are not seasonally adjusted, and the September figures are preliminary.
Pfizer has told employees at its Rocky Mount and Sanford manufacturing sites in North Carolina that jobs will be cut, but the company has not said how many positions are affected, when the cuts take effect or which departments are involved, ABC11 reported Wednesday, Oct. 21.
