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“We need more reliable employees.” This is an observation that has been made by employers with increasing frequency in recent years. Since the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, many businesses have struggled to stay consistently fully staffed.

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell, and McCreary counties between March 2023 and April 2023, according to the Kentucky Center of Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate...