Nevada’s unemployment rate below 6 percent; Carson at 6 percent

Nevada’s unemployment rate dipped to less than 6 percent in February for the first time in eight years.The seasonally adjusted statewide rate was at 5.9 percent. The raw rate, which compares with the state’s metropolitan areas, was even lower — 5.7 percent.Carson City continued to struggle, however, reporting a rate of 6.7 percent for the month. But that’s still significantly lower than the 8.2 percent rate in the capital in February 2015 and the 7.7 percent reported for