Whatcom County’s unemployment rate was at 8 percent in August, up from 7.7 percent in July and 5.1 percent in August 2008. I’ll get a full story up later today, but at first glance the numbers indicate Whatcom is still in better shape than most of Washington (which has a 9.2 percent rate, seasonably adjusted) and the U.S. (9.7 percent).
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Yes, and there are a ton of families next to them who are trying hard to live paycheck to paycheck and not making it. Think positive. It’ll be better in a couple of years….