May 21, 2017

75¢ THE BROWNFIELD NEWS (USPS 067-880) 067-8 88 www.brownfieldonline.com 12 PAGES AGES • P PLUS LUS S SUPPLEMENT UPPLEMENT V VOLUME OLUME 1 110, 10, N NOO4 41 1 SUNDAY, SUND MAY 21, 2017 Local jobless figures decline Class of 2017 Terry County’s jobless... More

75¢ THE BROWNFIELD NEWS (USPS 067-880) 067-8 88 www.brownfieldonline.com 12 PAGES AGES • P PLUS LUS S SUPPLEMENT UPPLEMENT V VOLUME OLUME 1 110, 10, N NOO4 41 1 SUNDAY, SUND MAY 21, 2017 Local jobless figures decline Class of 2017 Terry County’s jobless rate for the month of April 2017 dropped six-tenths of a percentage point, from 6.0-per- cent reported in March to 5.4-percent reported by the Texas Workforce Com- mission in their monthly study released publicly on Friday. According to the TWC, citing Terry County employer reports, the county had 5,573 available members of the local labor force during the month of April 2017. Terry County’s employers reported 5,272 full-time equivalent persons em- ployed during the month of April 2017. In April, 301 Terry County residents had qualified for unemployment ben- efits in the month. Around the immediate area, at 3.3 percent, Gaines County boasted the lowest jobless rate among a six county territory which includes Andrews, Daw- son, Martin, G Less