A truck leaves Othello’s McCain Foods facility in November 2021. A strong food processing sector helped drive down Adams County’s unemployment rate in 2021.
March 1, 2022
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March 1, 2022 1:03 a.m.
Adams County unemployment rate drops in December
OTHELLO — Recovery in Adams County’s food processing sector and expansion of its health services industry contributed to a substantial drop in the county’s unemployment rate between December 2020 and December 2021. The December 2021 unemployment rate of 5.5% was a substantial improvement from December 2019 too. The unemployment rate in December 2020...