OCTOBER UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS FOR THE TRI-CITIES ARE IN. KINGSPORT’S JOBLESS RATE ROSE TO 9.7 PERCENT, WHILE JOHNSON CITY’S STOOD UNCHANGED AT 8.5 PERCENT. BRISTOL’S RATE DROPPED TO 8.8 PERCENTAGE POINTS. MEANWHILE, GREENE COUNTY HAD ONE OF THE HIGHEST JOBLESS RATE IN THE TRI CITIES AT 14.1 PERCENT. THE STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE SAME PERIOD WAS 10.5 PERCENT UNCHANGED FROM SEPTEMBER.