And here some good news to welcome the weekend. According to the Virginia Employment Commission, the state unadjusted unemployment rate for April fell to 6.6 percent in April, .3 percent less than in March.
In Charlottesville, the number of unemployed residents decreased to 5,860 in April (5.5. percent) from 6,040 (5.6 percent) in March.
One year ago, the local unemployment rate was as low as 2.5 percent.