More than 1,600 federal workers in Washington state have filed for unemployment benefits since the government shutdown began ...

Kitsap is among four counties with the most employees filing claims, though essential workers going without pay cannot apply.

Nearly one month into the government shutdown, hundreds of federal workers in Washington state have applied for unemployment ...

The spike means that those coming onto unemployment insurance are staying on longer as they struggle to find jobs.

The red cupola atop the Mount Baker Theatre stands out on the skyline in downtown Bellingham, Wash. Bellingham Towers is on the left in this aerial photo from 2013. Staff The Belllingham Herald ...

Monthly unemployment rates for Bellingham, Whatcom County and Washington state all increased from June to July, according to data from the Washington State Employment Security Department and the U.S.

Whatcom County had a 4.4% unemployment rate in October, with 4,897 unemployed people in the county, an increase of 399 unemployed people compared to September. In September, Whatcom County’s ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington Employment Security Department (ESD) has announced a change in unemployment benefits call ...

Numbers from the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) show the state’s unemployment rate has risen for the fifth consecutive month. According to ESD data, Washington hasn’t seen this ...

Unemployment is relatively low in Washington. But pandemic-era policies and increased usage during the past couple of years have strained the state’s unemployment system, which provides temporary ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Washington's Employment Security Department released its monthly unemployment report for January. Data shows that the state's unemployment rate increased by .4% but fell by .1% ...