RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Page County had the highest jobless rate in Virginia in January.

The Virginia Employment Commission says the county’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 11.7 percent. That’s up from 9 percent in December and down from 12.5 percent a year ago.

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