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<p>From left, KW Hardscape employees Seth Huffman, Armando Cuevas, Joe DeArrman, Todd Lockwood and Eric Hengehold build an accent pond Thursday in Chandler, Ariz. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week in the state, but the drop wasn't enough to reverse a big increase the previous week.</p>

<p>From left, KW Hardscape employees Seth Huffman, Armando Cuevas, Joe DeArrman, Todd Lockwood and Eric Hengehold build an accent pond Thursday in Chandler, Ariz. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week in the state, but the drop wasn't enough to reverse a big increase the previous week.</p>

October 24, 2010

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Jobless rate creeps upward
October 24, 2010 9 p.m.

Jobless rate creeps upward

Tough economic times head West after recession

WASHINGTON - A delayed decline in home prices and drops in manufacturing and tourism have caused unemployment in western mountain states to rise faster in the past year than in any other region.