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Vietnam veteran finally gets Bronze Star

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Michael Knapp pins the Bronze Star on Michael J. Brown,66, of Fuquay-Varina. Brown, who served in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman earned the medal for treating wounded soldiers during combat in the Vietnam War.

Michael J. “Doc” Brown, a Fuquay-Varina man who braved enemy fire in Vietnam, gets a Bronze Star. 55 minutes ago

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EDUCATION

New provost named as leadership changes at UNC-Chapel Hill

Jim Dean, dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, will be the next chief academic officer as UNC-CH ushers in new leaders.

9 minutes ago
STATE POLITICS

N.C. prisoners might lose legal advocates

The state Senate spending plan would eliminate funding for North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, a nonprofit law firm that opened nearly 13,000 cases last year.

56 minutes ago
STATE POLITICS

Gov. McCrory backs Dorothea Dix compromise, but Senate leader opposed

Gov. Pat McCrory announced his support Thursday for the compromise version of a bill to renegotiate Raleigh’s lease on the Dorothea Dix property. But Senate leader Phil Berger attacked the compromise.
WAKE COUNTY

Finance director named Raleigh’s interim city manager

The Raleigh City Council named longtime Chief Financial Officer Perry James as its interim city manager to take over from the ousted Russell Allen.
WAKE COUNTY

Column: Interviewing Grandma makes family’s history come alive

A talk with ailing Grandma Blossom and an uncle give Andrew Jon Kenney new information about his family and his middle name.
CRIME

Two found dead in apparent murder-suicide

Durham police are investigating the circumstances of a domestic murder-suicide that happened Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of an office complex in the 3300 block of Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard.
LOCAL/STATE

Memorial Day events

Chapel Hill VFW members will decorate graves in Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery starting at 7 a.m. A memorial service will take place at 8 a.m.

3 hours ago
UNDER THE DOME

Dome: Recycling advocates don’t like Senate budget

The state Senate took the final vote on its $20.6 billion budget Thursday, passing it along party lines.

3 hours ago
EDUCATION

Wake holding superintendent forum Tuesday

The public can question the three finalists for Wake County schools superintendent Tuesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East South Street, Raleigh.
LOCAL/STATE

Murder defendant’s brother sticks up for him

Derek Abaroa says his brother Raven, on trial for murder, was a good husband and a good father.