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🌱 How Phillips County’s jobless rate stacks up against the rest of Arkansas

Helena-West Helena, Arkansas Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How Phillips County’s jobless rate stacks up against the rest of Arkansas

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 85 and low of 74 degrees.
  • Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 90, low: 75. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 84 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Clark County jobless rate down to 3.6% - (arkadelphian.com) — Helena-West Helena’s home county, Phillips, is among Arkansas Delta counties with some of the state’s higher unemployment, averaging 6.4% in April. By comparison, Clark County and several southwest Arkansas counties saw jobless rates under 4%, while the statewide rate held steady at 4.3%.
   

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West Memphis

  • West Memphis considers nuclear energy to power economic growth (wreg.com)
  • West Memphis still in running for ‘super project' that could bring up to 6,000 jobs (thewynneprogress.com)
  • Fayetteville to weigh data center regulations (axios.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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