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...more. Each of these cities - Casper and Cheyenne, Wyo., Charleston and Morgantown, W.Va., Bismarck, N.D., and Jonesboro, Ark. - is now suffering the effects of the economic slump. "In the beginning, it was the manufacturing areas, the high-foreclosure areas, the places with the construction jobs and the banking and financial industries," says Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) economist Lisa Williamson. "Now, there's a ripple effect throughout the economy." (See pictures of Americans in their homes...
Meanwhile, in northeastern Arkansas, Jonesboro was getting word of some 1,800 new jobs from companies like wind-turbine-maker Nordex. Outside of Charleston, the Toyota plant was bringing down production but avoiding major layoffs by giving workers other tasks like training workshops. Going into the recession, each of the six cities had at least one built in advantage: either being a state capitol (Bismarck, Charleston and Cheyenne), hosting a big university (like Arkansas State in Jonesboro and West Virginia University in Morgantown) or sitting on top of a valuable natural resource (natural gas in Casper, coal in West Virginia...
...marked a dark turning point for each of the cities. Unemployment claims started ticking upward in Jonesboro. In Cheyenne, unemployment hit 5.9%, up from 4.7% the January before, as layoffs in its warehousing and retailing industries started to filter through. Owing partly to an aluminum plant shutdown, unemployment in Charleston rose to 4.9% from 3.9% 12 months before. In Morgantown, the rate went to 3.9%, from 3.2%. Lower energy prices helped drive up the percentage of unemployed people in Casper to 4.2% from 3.4% year-over-year, and will likely have a similar effect on Bismarck's number when they...
...classic bistro serving Cuban food, where waiters and diners usually end up dancing on the tables before the night is over. Another hot spot, Palma (Calle del Curato #38-137; +575-660-27-96), has a Colombian-Italian fusion menu and sits across from the luxury Charleston Hotel, an old Santa Teresa convent that has been fully restored. But the restaurant is so wannabe chic that its stark, monochromatic décor nearly overwhelms the excellent food. After dinner, the party continues. One can dance on the rooftop of the new boutique Hotel LM (Calle de la Mantilla...
...roast with bouts of hysterical laughter, was repeatedly confronted by iconic roles from her past, as she met “Bridget Jones’s body double" and a jealous “Catherine Zeta-Jones,” with whom she was forced to do the Charleston. Throughout the festivities, the Texas native made it clear that she was less than thrilled by the frigid Cambridge weather. “Where was this an hour ago when it was ten degrees outside?” she said when asked to wear a fat suit during the roast. Before...