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Friday, February 15, 2013  The director of South Carolina's unemployment agency has resigned, effective March 1.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  The state's unemployment agency says about 29,000 South Carolinians will stop receiving jobless benefits at year's end as federally funded extensions expire.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  South Carolina's unemployment rate dropped significantly in October to 8.6 percent from the September estimate of 9.1 percent, according to a release from the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce.

Friday, October 19, 2012  South Carolina's unemployment rate has gone down by one half of a percentage point. The Department of Employment and Workforce said Friday the state's jobless rate was 9.1 percent in September.

Monday, October 15, 2012  The agency that tracks South Carolina's unemployment rate is downsizing.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Businesses will receive their revised 2012 unemployment insurance tax rates during the next several days, the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) announced Thursday.

Friday, September 21, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says the state's August unemployment held steady at 9.6 percent.

Friday, August 31, 2012  South Carolina's unemployment agency is yanking benefits from thousands of people who are not searching for work through its online database.

Friday, August 17, 2012  South Carolina comes in higher than the national average.

Saturday, July 21, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce released numbers Friday showing unemployment claims are up. The report says the rate increased to 9.4 percent in June from 9.1 percent in May. The numbers are seasonally adjusted.

Friday, July 20, 2012  South Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 9.4 percent in June from 9.1 percent in May.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  More than two dozen veterans took advantage of a mobile veteran center that stopped at the Coastal Workforce offices on Thursday.

Monday, July 09, 2012  As doors opened, 60 people turned out for the job fair held by Frontier Communications at Horry Georgetown Technical College's Grand Strand campus. The company is trying to fill 110 positions at a new call center in Myrtle Beach.

Friday, June 15, 2012  The state's Department of Employment and Workforce is scheduled Friday to announce the jobless rate for May.

Friday, May 18, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says the state's unemployment rate went down for the ninth straight month from 8.9 percent in March to 8.8 percent in April.