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UNEMPLOYMENT: Job Concerns Linger

RATE INCREASES 0.1 PERCENT IN AUGUST FROM A YEAR AGO

By Kim Souza

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 5:26 a.m.

Unemployment affects 66 out of 1,000 people in the Northwest Arkansas work force and continues to be a drag on the region’s economic recovery efforts, according to employment analysts.

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