Although initial unemployment insurance claims rose by 10 percent last week in Clark County, the number of continued claims dropped by 7 percent. Roughly 121 new people applied for unemployment in Clark County last week, and 1,100 people returned to work after a spell with unemployment insurance.
“There’s still some underlying ‘two steps forward, one step back,’ in the picture,” said Scott Bailey, the state’s regional economist for Southwest Washington.
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