NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Cecil Campbell says business at his North Las Vegas barbeque restaurant is smoking.

"We're moving right along. We're well over 50,000 racks now, and we're less than 40 weeks old," he said.

Hog's Heaven opened near 215 and Decatur Boulevard last May. Campbell is already considering opening restaurants at other locations.

"North Las Vegas is growing very quickly, and we wanted to be a part of that economic growth," he said. "We wanted to be right here, get our foot in the door before everybody else got out here, and we thought it was a good time."

According to the U.S. Census, North Las Vegas grew nearly 88% over the last ten years. That's the largest growth in southern Nevada.

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WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits rose last week, a sign that jobs remain scarce even as the economy recovers. The Labor Department said Thursday that first-time claims increased by 18,000 in the week ending April 3, to a seasonally adjusted 460,000. That's worse than economists' estimates of a drop to 435,000, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.

The report covers the week that includes the Easter holiday, and a Labor Department analyst said seasonal adjustment for Easter can be difficult since the holiday occurs in different weeks each year. California also closed its state offices for a holiday March 31, the analyst said, which likely held down the claims figures. On an unadjusted basis, claims rose by 6,500 to nearly 415,000.