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Jain Irrigation, which plans to close its Watertown plant, is offering to relocate employees to other facilities or allow some to work remotely.

WATERTOWN — The New York Air Brake will introduce a new product line in 2023.

WATERTOWN — A popular juice bar has relocated, a restaurant with Filipino food has landed in the city, and a family with a rich history in the local food industry

Labor shortage forces employers to get creative to attract workers Help wanted sign (Source: MGN, Andreas Klinke Johannsen / CC BY-SA 2.0) By Lexi Bruening | May 17, 2021 at 4:51 PM EDT - Updated May 17 at 5:50 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - If you want to know just how hard it is for businesses to find workers, consider this: some employers are now ready to give you bonuses just to take a job. Help wanted signs just aren’t getting the job done anymore. “We have tried to take an a...

By Brian Dwyer Jefferson County PUBLISHED 5:30 AM ET Mar. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:30 AM EDT Mar. 17, 2021 SHARE "So I got these totes. The kids have been helping me tear down. Theyre going to be here in a little while," Watertown Boxing Club Founder Johnny Pepe said back in 2020 when he decided he could no longer keep his gym open. What You Need T...

Unemployment fraud: what to do if it happens to you WWNY Unemployment fraud: what to do if it happens to you By Lexi Bruening | February 15, 2021 at 5:16 PM EST - Updated February 17 at 5:02 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Unemployment fraud is running rampant - something we learned after our story Friday where parents of a deployed airman discovered his identity had been stolen. Lately, Cheryl Mayforth, director of The WorkPlace, has been spending her days fielding phone calls and emails. She...

In general, single adults making less than $75,000 a year will get a $600 payment. Couples making up to $150,000 will get $1,200. Plus theres extra money for unemployment checks.

Unemployment went down in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis counties from October. In Jefferson County, unemployment from October to November dropped from 5.8% to 5.3%. Last November, the jobless rate in the county was at 5.9%. Lewis and St. Lawrence counties also fared better than was thought as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the local economy, Cheryl Mayforth, executive director of The WorkPlace in Watertown, said. “We’re holding our own,” she said, adding sh...

Economic relief package could help north country businesses Economic relief package could help north country businesses By Keir Chapman | December 22, 2020 at 4:59 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 6:31 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The $900 billion economic relief package passed by congress Monday night should help small businesses in the north country. The stimulus package contains another round of the “Paycheck Protection Program,” (PPP) which last spring provided a lifeline to ma...