WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-2051) on Oct. 2, 2024, entitled "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment - August 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in August than a year earlier in 315 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 54 areas, and unchanged in 20 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 34 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 7 a  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 3 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: For nearly a decade, Nucor Steel, North America's largest steel manufacturer and recycler, has selected South Dakota Mines students in the mechanical and metallurgical engineering programs as Nucor mentors. This academic year's Nucor mentor scholars are Tegun Thomas, senior mechanical engineering major, and Portia Lenczowski, junior mechanical engineering major. These students  more