Rick Moonen is used to being the boss in top restaurants, but on Thursday night the Las Vegas chef helped toss salad and scoop potatoes for veterans.
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The demonstration Tuesday at Veterans Village in downtown Las Vegas set in motion the first phase of a project focused on housing veterans closely together.
Humvees, ammo cans, construction equipment, field gear and more is on the auction block Friday and Saturday at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. About 10,000 items in all are for sale in what GovPlanet bills as the largest auction of its kind.
Las Vegas residents Edward Hall and Winifred Kamen share a connection to the “day of infamy” when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. But one has no memory of the attack while the other will never forget.
A 93-year-old World War II Army veteran says he was “roughed up” and arrested by police at the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas after a dispute over a tardy shuttle.
The new center at 741 S. Rainbow Dr. will join two previous locations at 3700 S. Maryland Parkway and 3345 E. Tropicana Ave. in providing expanded services, thanks to $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
The event, billed as the largest Veterans Day parade west of the Mississippi, lasted about two hours and featured more than 100 parade groups, including Mayor Carolyn Goodman and her husband, former Mayor Oscar Goodman. Sunday’s event was the 23rd put on by the nonprofit Veterans Action Group.
Veterans and the general public were treated to a free car show and barbecue Saturday in honor of Veterans Day. The event took place at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center.
Billy Stojack, a beloved former Navy SEAL who organized the event for decades, died last year just days before it was held. This year his comrades are carrying on and remembering the bigger-than-life veteran for his service.
Navy veteran Edward Smith graduated Friday during a Veterans Treatment Court ceremony, the culmination of his participation in the Las Vegas Justice Court program.