JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in October, unchanged from September’s rate, which was revised down one-tenth of a percentage point. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent. October’s unadjusted rate was 6.3 percent, which was one-tenth of a percentage point lower than September. It is unusual for the unadjusted rate to […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in August, up slightly from July’s 6.7 percent. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent, unchanged from the previous month. Although the one-tenth of a percentage point change is not large enough to be statistically significant, Alaska’s rate has been rising gradually since early 2015. August’s […]
More than half of second cancers prove fatal; research emphasizes importance of surveillance UCLA researchers have identified the incidence and long-term outcomes of patients who develop second, unrelated cancers, resulting in a data set that they say sheds new light on the way cancer survivors may need to be monitored post-disease. The researchers identified more […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in January, unchanged from December’s revised rate. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent. The not-seasonally adjusted rate was 7.3 percent, up six-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month. Large swings in the unadjusted rate are typical in January. Rates increased in 24 out […]