Bouncing back: Adams County unemployment down, but labor force is smaller

A truck leaves the McCain Foods facility in Othello. The manufacturing sector, which is mostly food processing in Adams County, is one of the growing sectors in the county’s economy.
Cheryl Schweizer/Columbia Basin Herald

Recruitment signs outside the McCain Foods facility in Othello.

by CHERYL SCHWEIZER
Staff Writer | November 24, 2021 1:00 AM

OTHELLO — In some ways, Adams County’s economy is starting to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s uneven.

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