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Memorial Day 2021 marks first maskless holiday for most Americans in over a year Published Memorial Day 2021 marks first maskless holiday for most Americans in over a year COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- With more and more Americans getting vaccinated, this year’s memorial day looks a lot different than it did the last. There are more people shopping and traveling. For most people, it’s their first maskless holiday in over a year. Ac...

First published on If a tree falls in the woods, how much is it worth? Right now, in a market with a lumber shortage, a lot. Lumber prices have spiked this year. Lumber futures contracts for May delivery hit $1,645 per 1,000 board feet, up from about 60% a month ago, and 374% over the last year, reports Wells Fargo. Its the fastest rise since the post-World War II housing boom, according to Mark Vitner, managing director and senior economist at Wells Fargo. "The demand for lumber is exceptional...

Bankrate ranked the nation's real estate markets during the pandemic's real estate boom.

Before the coronavirus recession, Utah’s housing market was on fire. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent residents of Northern California and Seattle in search of affordable homes and more

As Utahns hit the road for the Memorial Day weekend, economists with Wells Fargo predict they will also be ready to spend some cash.

Read more about 37 mn Americans to travel during Memorial Day weekend as tourism picks up on Business Standard. More than 37 million Americans are expected to travel during the Memorial Day holiday weekend as US tourism has substantially picked up after more than a year of the Covid-19 pandemic

But finding people has been a job itself.  Shes posted "help wanted" ads for home health aides on Craigslist, Indeed and Facebook, promising $13 to $16 per hour and weekly paychecks. Shes had several people send in resumes, and many of them have been impressive, but after the initial screening phone call, she said she gets repeatedly ghosted.  "My daughters play soccer, and its gotten to the point where I go to the games and I ask all the parents, do you know anyone that needs a job?" Goslin...

Did the April Housing-Starts Surprise Result from Weather or Materials and Labor Shortage? US new home construction dropped precipitously and permits were weak in the face of unprecedented demand for new homes, but multifamily construction showed signs of revival May 18, 2021 data: US Department of Commerce; graph: ForConstructionPros.com U.S. housing starts fell significantly more than expected in April. The Commerce Department’s monthly data release Tuesday estimating housing starts fell ...

SC and NC were in the path of the pipeline hack. Heres what could be done in the future The Sun News 5 hrs ago Chase Karacostas, The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) May 19—The hack that shuttered a sprawling oil and gas pipeline system from Texas to New Jersey exposed major flaws in North and South Carolinas energy infrastructure and regulation, experts say. Popular Searches Colonial Pipeline shut down May 7 after Eastern European criminals took hold of its business informatio...

View Comments Greenville earned recognition as one of the "breakout cities on the forefront of America’s economic recovery" in a Wall Street Journal article published Monday.  Greenvilles downtown and city center, home to Falls Park, earned a nod, as did its large and small-business recruitment driven by companies like Michelin and BMW.  The city shared the spotlight with other midsize cities like Des Moines, Iowa, and Provo, Utah — locations with "high-tech jobs and old-line industries...