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MAGNOLIA GROVE, MISSISSIPPI — Regional leaders unveiled a major new workforce initiative Thursday featuring a fresh logo, a new slogan, a redesigned website and nearly all of the same underlying labor challenges…
September 15, 2026
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RIVERCREST, ALABAMA — After years of workforce studies, employer roundtables, talent campaigns, career fairs, training initiatives and strategic planning sessions, regional leaders announced Tuesday that they may have finally identified one…
August 28, 2026
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MASON FALLS, SOUTH CAROLINA — A major local manufacturer praised the region’s “exceptional talent pipeline” Tuesday after successfully hiring most of it.
August 14, 2026
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OAKRIDGE, GEORGIA — A routine decision by one local manufacturer to raise its starting wage by $2.25 an hour has triggered what workforce officials are describing as a rapidly escalating compensation…
July 31, 2026
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CEDARWICK, NORTH CAROLINA — More than two dozen local employers gathered Wednesday for the region’s annual workforce summit, where they reaffirmed a shared commitment to solving labor shortages by aggressively recruiting one…
July 10, 2026
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WILLOW GLEN, KENTUCKY — A growing number of residents identified in a recent regional workforce strategy as “untapped talent” are reportedly becoming increasingly uneasy about the economic development community’s repeated plans to…
June 19, 2026
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PINE RIDGE, INDIANA — A newly completed workforce study has confirmed that Pine Ridge and the surrounding region possess precisely the number, type and general availability of workers that local officials had…
June 2, 2026
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FAIRBROOK, TENNESSEE — Economic development officials reassured a visiting manufacturer Tuesday that the region’s reported labor force of 74,000 people does not include retirees, children, seasonal residents or “anybody else we…
May 12, 2026
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PINEHURST, ALABAMA — For the eighth consecutive year, regional leaders gathered Wednesday morning to discuss “the growing skills gap,” a mysterious and highly adaptable workforce phenomenon experts describe as “whatever is…
April 14, 2026
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PLEASANT RIDGE, TENNESSEE — Economic developers from across the country gathered this week for what experts are calling “the least surprising panel discussion in conference history,” a standing-room-only conference session titled: “Workforce…
March 24, 2026
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CEDAR BLUFF HEIGHTS, MISSOURI — After years of labor shortages, talent attraction campaigns, workforce studies, career fairs, internship programs, apprenticeships, upskilling initiatives, reskilling initiatives, and initiatives designed to create more initiatives, regional leaders…
March 6, 2026
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HARRISON POINT, WISCONSIN — Local economic development leaders are celebrating what many described as “an exceptionally strong workforce development tour” this week after a regional Career and Technical Education center successfully incorporated…
February 13, 2026
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LAKEFIELD SPRINGS, GEORGIA — Comprehensive regional analysis finds students want creative flexibility, employers want experienced machinists, parents want office jobs, and elected officials want all of this solved by next Thursday.
January 13, 2026
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CEDAR BLUFF, TENNESSEE — Economic development officials in Cedar Bluff announced Tuesday that the community’s available labor force has increased by nearly 68 percent following a strategic expansion of the local labor…
December 26, 2025
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CRESTHAVEN, ARKANSAS — A new workforce study commissioned by regional leaders has found that the area’s persistent labor shortage could be resolved almost immediately if every existing worker simply became three…
December 5, 2025
