11/05/09 Bend

The U.S. House and Senate have passed a bill to extend unemployment benefits by 23 weeks.  Oregon legislators already extended benefits past the federal deadline.

To show how tough times are here are the latest numbers of job openings listed with the state unemployment office versus the number of people looking for work:

Bend - 119 job listings, 10,056 job seekers

Redmond - 20 job listings, 4352 job seekers

Prineville - 17 job listings, 1909 job seekers

Madras - 19 job listings, 1538 job seekers