Your Wednesday evening update on Salem news
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Oregon added 8,100 jobs in September thanks in large part to record employment in the construction industry, the state employment department announced Wednesday.
Statewide, the construction industry added 3,200 jobs in September, for a total of 119,900 people working in construction. That’s up 2% from September 2022.
Other large gains were in professional and business services, which added 2,200 jobs; and leisure and hospitality, which added 900. The state’s unemployment rate was 3.5%, about the same as August’s 3.4% rate, and below the U.S. figure of 3.8%.
State economists will release local numbers for counties and cities, including Salem, on Oct. 24. Numbers do not include farm work, and are seasonally adjusted.
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George Puentes worked tirelessly to build the Don Pancho brand of tortillas. He found time to volunteer for local government and nonprofit duties in Salem. He died Friday, Oct. 13.
18 Oct 2023
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George Puentes worked tirelessly to build the Don Pancho brand of tortillas. He found time to volunteer for local government and nonprofit duties in Salem. He died Friday, Oct. 13.
18 Oct 2023
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Salem’s largest health care provider is a little bigger after hiring nearly all the providers and employees from three former Hope Orthopedics clinics in Salem, Keizer and Dallas.
18 Oct 2023
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Salem’s largest health care provider is a little bigger after hiring nearly all the providers and employees from three former Hope Orthopedics clinics in Salem, Keizer and Dallas.
18 Oct 2023
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EPA officials have ordered states to test water for 29 ‘forever chemicals’ and lithium, but the agency lacks regulations on what states should do with most results.
18 Oct 2023
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EPA officials have ordered states to test water for 29 ‘forever chemicals’ and lithium, but the agency lacks regulations on what states should do with most results.
18 Oct 2023
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