By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

COLUMBIA — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw an increase during in the latest jobs report released last week.

The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment went up from 4.3 percent in September to 4.9 percent in October.

The rise in unemployment comes just one month after Pickens County saw its jobless rate drop one full percentage point from

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