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Kentucky Unemployment Down

By Associated Press

Frankfort, KY – Kentucky's unemployment rate fell to a three year low of 9.1 percent in December. The Office of Employment and Training reports that's down from 9.4 percent in November. The state added 8,400 nonfarm jobs in December. Seven of the eleven major job sectors reported an increase in job numbers. Education and health services and mining and logging both reported losses.