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Wyoming Seminary prom 2017

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Holy Redeemer, Berwick ready to open state boys volleyball play

<p>HARRISBURG &#8212; The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area&#8217;s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 5.8 percent in April.</p><p>The state rate was at 4.9 percent, an increase of one-tenth of a point over the month; while the U.S. rate decreased by one tenth of a point to 4.4 percent.</p><p>Over the year, the decline in the region&#8217;s rate kept pace with that of both the state and nation, all three rates having decreased six-tenths of a point.</p><p>The area&#8217;s rate was the 14th lowest among Pennsylvania&#8217;s 18 metropolitan statistical areas in April. Rates ranged from 3.8 percent in the Gettysburg and Lancaster MSAs to 6.2 percent in the Johnstown MSA.</p><p>Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton&#8217;s seasonally adjusted total nonfarm jobs increased 900 to 260,100 in April. Over the year, jobs in the region were down 0.2 percent, a decline of 500 jobs. Jobs in the state overall were up 0.8 percent.</p><style>
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