Top Headlines: Unemployment claims reach 280,000, Amazon hiring in Bessemer

280,000 Alabamians filed unemployment claims over the last month The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to add Alabamians to the state’s unemployment rolls. Another 77,515 Alabamians filed an initial jobless claim last week, bringing the total since the week ending March 14 up to 279,431, or about 12.5 percent of the state’s…