Some difficult news for workers at the Tillamook Cheese Factory in Oregon, where 50 jobs will be axed in the near future. Oregon Live has the story:

News that the Tillamook Cheese Factory will eliminate 50 positions has left the community for which it is named shocked and angry.

Now, the rural hamlet known for its dairy farms and pastureland must figure out how to cope with the decision that will be felt by far more than the soon-to-be unemployed.

"I think it's just going to have a profound impact," said Tillamook County Commissioner Tim Josi. "There are very few family wage jobs in Tillamook. It's going to have a ripple effect."

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