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Unemployment Up in Several W.Va. Counties

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Unemployment rates are up in 44 of West Virginia's 55 counties for May.

In our region, Pocahontas County was one of only six counties that reported a decline.

The rate didn't change in Summers, Greenbrier and three other counties.

West Virginia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.9 percent, up two-tenths of a percentage point from April's rate.