The Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs named the state’s first coordinator for female veterans on Monday. Senior Master Sgt. Laura J. McKee is an Air Force reservist who served nearly 1,000 combat hours during multiple… Read More
WASHINGTON For the second time in five weeks, the U.S. House has approved a Tim Walz-sponsored bill aimed at reducing a suicide epidemic that claims the lives of 22 military veterans every day. A bill… Read More
House lawmakers opened the new legislative session by passing a measure billed as both a boost to veterans employment and a chance to roll back part of the president’s controversial health care law. The Hire… Read More
Most people celebrate the New Year by making resolutions. The city of New Orleans rang in 2015 by keeping one. At 6 p.m. on Jan. 2, social workers in New Orleans moved the citys last… Read More
GRANADA HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Three long overdue medals for war veterans were finally awarded at Aegis Living in Granada Hills, and it’s partly because of another vet who waded through all the red… Read More
A U.S. Army vet who found out he had terminal cancer after he fought the Veterans Affairs Department in Georgia for more than a year to get a cancer check-up has died. Norman Spiveys delayed-treatment… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a contract for its long-promised new medical clinic in Savannah to Johnson Development of Birmingham, Ala., which will build and manage the expanded… Read More
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) – A city councilor wants a shuttered hospital in Smyrna to become a medical facility run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Smyrna City Councilman Wade Lnenicka planned a rally Saturday… Read More
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently issued a year-end summary report declaring 21 reasons why it is heading in the right direction for 2015. Their self-described roller-coaster year took a huge dip in May with… Read More
A little-known fire response protocol has been in place and has worked for 65 years to protect one of the Wyoming Valleys most important landmarks and resources. The Wilkes-Barre Fire Department has lead responsibility on… Read More