In the wake of Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki’s Friday resignation, Southern Nevada veterans advocates offered a sigh of relief but believe the real problem stems from a cumbersome bureaucracy.
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With the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-led “D-Day” invasion of Normandy, France approaching, the French government awarded two local World War II veterans with Legion of Honor medals Friday in appreciation of their gallant actions that helped free France from the grip of Nazi Germany’s occupation.
Two men were jailed Thursday in the home invasion robbery of a 100-year-old Carson City veteran and his caretaker over Memorial Day weekend.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada promised Thursday that the Senate will get to work immediately on “appropriate legislation” to fix problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, but was silent on whether beleaguered agency chief Eric Shinseki should be part of the solution.
The U.S. House voted Wednesday to expand rape counseling to members of the National Guard assaulted during required training missions.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada added his voice Wednesday to a growing chorus for the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, saying an investigation confirming patient appointments were manipulated at the troubled agency’s hospital in Phoenix was the final straw.
Walker Furniture has launched a Help for Heroes program to help local wounded warriors and veterans with special needs live more comfortable lives.
A veterans motorcycle group, 2 Million Bikers to DC, will team up with the nonprofit Nevada Veterans Foundation on Saturday for a “Stars & Stripes Pride Ride” to raise funds to build a Fisher House for wounded warriors and their families in the Las Vegas Valley.
Today, as veterans and families across the nation pause for Memorial Day, Gene Ramos of Las Vegas will be thinking about the comrades he lost in the Korean war and another friend who endured POW hardships with him.
To remember her husband on Memorial Day — and dozens of other relatives and friends who have served in this nation’s wars — all Phyllis Hebert has to do is look at a memorial wall she created in her Las Vegas home.
Retired Army Sgt. Charles Copeland was surprised when Rep. Joe Heck presented him a Memorial Day award Saturday, and then again when he was presented with a new Chevrolet Silverado, but he didn’t tear up until Findlay Chevrolet gave his 3-year-old daughter a car of her own — a motorized toy Corvette.
As scandals swirl around the Department of Veterans Affairs and investigators look for evidence of cover-ups and cooking the books at 26 VA medical facilities nationwide, morale has slumped in one office at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center. Quarrels involving a North Las Vegas VA Medical Center staff member and volunteers with the Voluntary Services chief have erupted into profanity-laced exchanges, physical threats and allegations of fudging donation reports.
Over twenty thousand flags were placed this morning by the Disabled American Veterans National Order of Trenchrats; various units of the American Legion; Veterans of Foriegn Wars; Special Forces Association; Boy and girl scouts; cub scouts and US Marine Devil Pups.
More veterans are being allowed to obtain health care at private hospitals and clinics in an effort to improve their treatment following allegations of falsified records and delays in treatment.
The North Las Vegas VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas is one of the few places in the Department of Veterans Affairs where feet, ankles, legs, hands, wrists and arms are made from scratch and fitted to perfection.
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Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.
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