Top Story Farmworkers with visas to work in NC win settlement in lawsuit over wage theft Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, The News & Observer (Raleigh) Mar 24, 2026 10 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Every year, foreign workers come to the United States on temporary visas to perform agricultural jobs that U.S. workers are not available to fill.kAm%96D6 H@C<6CD 2C6 C6BF:C65 F?56C 7656C2= =2H E@ 36 A2:5 2E =62DE 2 >:?:>F> 9@FC=J H286] qFE E96C6 2C6 ?F>6C@FD C6A@CED @7 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]5@=]8@G^?6HDC@@>^C6=62D6D^H95^H95a_ad_gaaQ C6=lQu@==@HQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qmw\ap 28C:4F=EFC2= H@C<6CD ?@E 36:?8 A2:5[k^2m @C 36:?8 F?56CA2:5]k^Am kAmx? 2 C646?E 42D6 :? 7656C2= 4@FCE :? }@CE9 r2C@=:?2[ s:DEC:4E yF586 %6CC6?46 q@J=6 2AAC@G65 @? |2C49 `e 2 Sb_d[___ 4=2DD\24E:@? 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Sheriff: Eden dump truck driver dies in Central Prison hospital. He was charged in crash that killed 4 Vernon arrived by wheelchair at the county's district court for a Jan. 7 pretrial hearing.
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3 teens, including 1 carrying an AK-47 pistol, charged with burglary, peeping in High Point Two 16-year-olds were charged as adults, while a 15-year-old was charged as a juvenile, police said.
