Unemployment

Business

U.S. applications for jobless benefits fall to 227,000 last week, remaining at recent healthy levels

FILE – A sign with information about employment is displayed during a job fair in Dallas, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP…

February 12, 2026

Regional News

Colorado’s economic growth to continue at slower pace, state forecast says

General fund revenue grew 10.7% last year, preliminary figures show

September 28, 2021

Business

Colorado’s unemployment rate is holding steady as federal pandemic benefits are set to end

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment offices in downtown Denver. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News) About 87,000 Coloradans could lose…

August 25, 2021

Local News

What’s behind a workforce shortage in Southwest Colorado?

businesses struggle to find willing applicants

July 28, 2021

Regional News

Colorado’s unemployment rate remains flat at 6.2%

half of gains came in the leisure and hospitality sector

July 19, 2021

Local News

Filing for unemployment? Better have a smartphone and patience

Colorado launches rigorous digital verification process to thwart fraud

June 30, 2021

Business

Help wanted, really, in wake of COVID-19

Durango, some short-staffed restaurants go dark a couple of days a week

June 1, 2021

Regional News

Colorado offers up to $1,600 to unemployed people who find full-time work

meant to help small businesses that can’t find enough employees

May 20, 2021

Business

New Mexico reinstates requirement for jobless to seek work

The Associated Press SANTA FE – New Mexico has joined several other states that have reinstated the work search requirement…

May 12, 2021

Local News

Scam targets over 1 million, including La Plata County’s sheriff and top prosecutor

cases spike 400% during past year, according to Sheriff’s Office

March 11, 2021

Local News

Bayfield School District, facing $1 million deficit, plans layoffs

least 10 full-time positions expected to be cut

March 3, 2021

Local News

How a nonprofit catered to neighbors’ needs during the pandemic

Volunteers learned what people needed, then delivered aid to homes

March 3, 2021

Business

Unemployed Colorado residents may wait weeks for more aid

Joe Barela, executive director of the state Department of Labor and Employment, said Tuesday that an improved computer system could…

January 6, 2021

Local News

Hackers target – but fail to scam – local fire district

seeks to cheat state unemployment program

December 25, 2020

Local News

How Colorado’s unemployed influenced the federal coronavirus relief bill

Colorado had some sway on new benefits for out-of-work Americans

December 25, 2020

Local News

Jobs largely return in Southwest Colorado, but what does winter hold?

Tourism economy highly vulnerable to spikes in COVID-19

October 9, 2020

Business

New Mexico taps federal loans to pay unemployment

Workforce Solutions Secretary Bill McCamley said that unemployment trust reserves were exhausted on Sept. 8 – and that the state…

September 23, 2020

Local News

Wanted: Bodies to fill positions at Durango restaurants

Enhanced unemployment benefits blamed for tight labor market

July 11, 2020

Business

U.S. job market’s modest improvement may be stalling

A man walks past a retail store that is going out of business due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday…

June 25, 2020

Business

Pandemic pushed hundreds of hospitality workers into unemployment

Restaurants, resorts look for a ‘recipe for success’

June 7, 2020

Business

Carver Brewing returns federal funds because it can’t open in time

Eight-week requirement to use funds too restrictive as closures and restrictions linger

May 24, 2020

Business

From oilfields to food banks, New Mexico feels jobless sting

A stream of volunteers helps daily to sort, label and pack tons of food inside a giant warehouse in Albuquerque…

May 14, 2020

Local News

Nearly 10% of Colorado’s workforce has filed for unemployment

the past five weeks, nearly 300,000 people have filed unemployment claims

April 23, 2020

Local News

PPP provides relief for some small businesses, until the money ran dry

Durango Harley-Davidson owner rehires its 12 employees

April 17, 2020