Idaho unemployment drops to lowest in 6 years

Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent in October. The Idaho Department of Labor in a statement Friday says that’s the lowest unemployment rate in the state in more than six years. The agency also says last month’s drop of four-tenths of a percentage point is the largest one-month change on record for the state. In all, Idaho added 1,200 new jobs in October.