Area jobless rate improving, still lags behind state

PANAMA CITY — Bay County’s jobless rate showed more signs of improvement in June following Hurricane Michael, but still trailed the state average.Florida Department of Economic Opportunity statistics released on Friday show the county had a 3.8 percent unemployment rate in June, up slightly from the 3.6 percent rate it had in May and in June last year. The county lagged behind the state, which had an unchanged jobless rate of 3.4 percent from May to June — yet the […]