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	Ashley News Observer- Top Story City now on an upswing After a difficult 2011, Crossett appears to be on an upswing for 2012 Jan 24, 2012, 18:35 Unemployment now over 12 percent The first jobless report from the state’s Department of Workforce Services (DWS) since the layoffs at the Georgia-Pacific production facility in Crossett indicates the unemployment rate for Ashley County is at 12.6 percent. Jan 24, 2012, 18:34 City approves enrollment of employees into Air Evac plan The Crossett City Council, on a split vote, approved membership for city employees into the Air Evac Lifeteam air ambulance service Monday night. Jan 24, 2012, 18:32 Hamburg council gains, loses members Hamburg’s city council gained a new member Monday night and lost another one. Jan 24, 2012, 18:31 Hamburg elementary teachers receive iPads Noble-Allbritton Elementary School in Hamburg cobbled together enough money from a fundraiser and other sources to give a special present to all of its teachers and students – iPads. Jan 24, 2012, 18:29 Contact THE ASHLEY NEWS OBSERVER via e-mail © Copyright 2005 Ashley County Publishing, Inc.		WEATHER