Buncombe County’s unemployment rate remained steady in June, according to figures released Wednesday by the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
The county’s unemployment rate was 4.5%. That’s unchanged from May and higher than the statewide average of 3.7%.
For the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area — which includes Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood and Madison counties — the jobless rate was 4.2% in June, up slightly from 4.1% the previous month…