The city of Las Vegas will host a job fair targeting veterans on Thursday and more than 45 employers are expected.
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A new bill that would place more national cemeteries in western states, and specifically one in Southern Nevada introduced in Congress this week would bump Las Vegas to the head of the line for a national veterans cemetery.
Robert Petzel, the top official for veterans health care, resigned Friday amid a firestorm over reported delays in care and falsified records at veterans hospitals. VA Secretary Eric Shinseki accepted the resignation, but critics immediately called it an empty move.
If you’re currently bunkered down in preparation for the forthcoming zombie apocalypse, have no fear: The U.S. military has a plan to help defend you from the walking dead.
Top leaders of the Department of Veterans Affairs are failing to hold agency officials in Nevada accountable for flaws and shortcomings in providing service to local veterans, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., charged Thursday.
Artist Michael Barrett will place 6,799 pennies in the center of Rotunda Gallery at the Clark County Government Center during a 320-hour performance to honor the 6,799 men and women who died in Operation Enduring Freedom.
After years of planning and financial uncertainty, the Las Vegas Veterans Memorial is starting to take shape, one brick at a time.
Station Casinos is offering special discounts and and slot tournaments on Mondays for veterans and military personnel to raise money for a Fisher House for wounded warriors and their families planned for a location near the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to scour patient appointments at medical facilities including the center in North Las Vegas following allegations that waiting lists were manipulated at VA hospitals and clinics in Arizona, Texas and Colorado.
“Motherhood is not for sissies. It’s the biggest joy and the biggest worry you can ever imagine,” said Henderson mother Kathleen Keutmann.
Members of Congress took steps last week to reduce the $1.4 billion that the Pentagon wants to strip from the nation’s military commissaries to save money, and active duty personnel and military retirees who buy groceries at the Nellis Air Force Base commissary share their point of view: The government must fulfill the promise it made when they signed up to serve the nation in time of need.
Like the cannons she’ll be firing in field artillery training this summer, UNLV student Camille Castro has her sights set high for being among the first women to integrate the officer ranks of an Army combat arms unit.
CARSON CITY — A former commanding officer of Camp Pendleton in Southern California has been chosen as city manager of Carson City.
Reports by members of the military of sexual assaults jumped by an unprecedented 50 percent last year, in what Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel declared a “clear threat” to both male and female service members’ lives and well-being.
Members of Congress took the first steps Wednesday to stave off or reduce cuts to military benefits that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had proposed earlier this year.