Nevada National Guard troops will conduct their annual drill in Las Vegas Tuesday through Thursday to coincide with the influx of tourists celebrating New Year’s Eve.
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As impressive as it is, the new national monument at the northern edge of the Las Vegas Valley doesn’t look like much in satellite images — at least not compared with the giant triangles next door. You might never have known about them if not for Google Earth.
For the most part, health care provided by Veterans Affairs facilities in Southern Nevada meets or exceeds expectations of veterans who receive it, and has saved lives in some cases. But getting access to it in a timely fashion needs improvement, as does the system for processing disability claims and communicating with branches of the military about veterans’ medical records.
Las Vegas Valley VA officials will hold the second in a series of town hall meetings Thursday to air veterans’ concerns with health care and services offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Veterans have come forward with complaints about tactics employed by the Veterans Benefits Administration, which demands that veterans prove their injuries were service-related but can deny claims without proving anything.
A propeller from a Cold War-era transport plane was moved Tuesday to a memorial that’s being constructed at Mount Charleston. The memorial will honor the 14 people who died when the C-54 crashed on its way to Area 51.
An effort by ROTC cadets at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to help a needy family for Christmas has turned into course work that will make them better soldiers in the field.
Four of the last Pearl Harbor survivors from Southern Nevada recalled that horrific morning 73 years ago on Dec. 7, 1941, when swarms of Japanese warplanes attacked the Hawaiian territory island, Oahu.
Vietnam War veteran Steve Lowery of Las Vegas has the scars, the medals and his Marine Corps medical records to prove he was wounded when his 12-man reconnaissance team was attacked on March 5, 1969. Then he ran into the Reno VA benefits office, which refused his benefits claim.
Sen. Dean Heller has urged the the Department of Veterans Affairs to name a permanent director for the regional office in Reno that has had only an interim head since mid-summer.
A bill introduced Wednesday in Congress would grant extra benefits to veterans pursuing degrees in science or tech occupations.
The VA’s Southern Nevada Healthcare System passed an unannounced review of its scheduling practices for timely care with flying colors, VA officials said Tuesday.
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The man pointing a rifle at officers in a downtown Las Vegas apartment complex, police said.
This was the Henderson Police Department’s second officer-involved shooting in 2024, officers said at a media briefing Thursday afternoon.
Ventriloquist Terry Fator has loaded his show at The Strat with new acts and material.
A federal website that tracks missing people has posted photos of the clothing worn by a man whose remains were found in a barrel at Lake Mead two years ago.