Immigrant workers reshape eastern North Carolina life
The Sun Journal reports on a growing Latin American presence in Craven and surrounding counties as migrants from Mexico fill seafood and farm jobs. Language barriers strain integration while employers and communities adapt with bilingual help, dormitory housing, and commuter work patterns.
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Héctor Pérez
Monterey
Mexico
United States
U.S
Pérez
Mexico City
Community College
North Carolina
Aura Maas
Raleigh
Sherrill Styron
Garland Fulcher Inc
Oriental
Tabasco
Cancun
Styron
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Seafood Company
Javier Moncada
Venezuela
Craven Community College
Spanish nails and olive jars hint at early Spanish in Catawba valley
Archaeology student Robin Beck found a wrought nail and olive jar fragments on a Burke County farm, suggesting Spanish exploration in the Catawba River valley as early as the 16th century. Experts debate whether artifacts came with Spaniards or via trade, and a blue apothecary jar shard helps date the site.
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Morganton
Catawba River
North Carolina
Hernando de Soto
Mississippi River
Burke County
Catawba River Valley
Catawba Valley
Moore
Robin Beck
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