Long-term unemployment benefits to end for about 6,900 West Virginians

  

As many as 6,900 West Virginians are among the estimated more than 1.3 million people across the United States who will see their federal emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) benefits end on Saturday.

The U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives failed to approve an extension for the program that provides those benefits, which were first implemented in 2008 after the recession, before leaving Washington, D.C. for the holiday break.

West Virginia’s unemployment rate was 6.1 percent in November, compared with seven percent nationwide.