Governor Cooper announced Friday that Kevin O'Barr will serve as commissioner until Luke Farley is sworn in early next year.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in North Carolina dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

Usually, the Harrah’s Cherokee Center is a place to see a show, catch a game and be entertained. On Friday, Nov. 8, its ...

North Carolina has a new leader in the Department of Labor, following the sudden resignation of current Labor Commissioner ...

Gov. Roy Cooper has named a veteran North Carolina Labor Department administrator to lead the state agency until the next labor commissioner takes office. Cooper announced Friday that Kevin O’Barr ...

Explore Asheville and the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority are providing for small businesses in their hour of ...

The number of Americans applying for jobless aid ticked up last week but layoffs remain at historically low levels. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claim applications rose by ...

Burke County’s jobless rate fell more than a percentage point in September.