Veterans affairs

Vets, families remember Normandy D-Day landings, 72 years on

Henry Breton, a 91-year-old veteran from Augusta, Maine, who landed on the beach soon after dawn on D-Day in 1944…

Durango woman’s passion for veterans issues started at VFW

Ruthie and Fred Riedinger inside the ballroom of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4031 on north Main Avenue.…

Bootstrap yoga class targets PTSD, anxiety

Practice addresses PTSD, anxiety

Vietnam War era veterans honored in Durango

Vietnam veterans to be honored Tuesday

At 10:30 a.m., the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution will hold an event at the Durango-La Plata…

Pearl Harbor hard to forget 74 years later for Colorado vets

The horrid smell came from the charred bodies of the dead sailors, soldiers and others floating in the sea water…

Veterans Day memory: Navajo code talker recalls role in WWII

Former U.S. Marine and Navajo Code Talker Roy Hawthorne, center, talks with Marines including Major Gen. Daniel O’Donohue, right, at…

Our chance to serve you

Eighth-grade students cooked and served breakfast to local veterans Wednesday at Pagosa Springs Middle School. This year marks the 15th…

Obama: Veterans have much ‘to give’ nation

At an observance at Arlington National Cemetery, Obama said the Department of Veterans Affairs is getting a bigger budget and…

In fighting fires, vets rediscover camaraderie, purpose

Program helps former servicemen build their résumés

A second chance for veterans

veteran finds support from fellow Marines in Bayfield

Former Fort Carson solider Florent Groberg to receive Medal of Honor

Capt. Florent Groberg will receive the Medal of Honor Thursday in a ceremony at the White House.Christian Murdock/The (Colorado Springs)…

Veterans Day Events

Lynn Jack, a veteran and resident of Ignacio, rides his horse “Dixie” at the 2013 Veterans Day Parade on Main…

A helping hand for those who served

Down fair works to end vet homelessness, help with life’s needs

Flag to fly at half-staff Monday

will honor Maj. Gen. John France

Congress approves completion of Denver VA hospital

On Wednesday, Congress cleared the way to finish the over-budget Veterans Affairs medical center in Aurora after months of wrangling…

Bill could let VA finish Denver hospital

The funding measure would let the VA transfer $625 million from other accounts in its own budget, the amount the…

Cortez vets battle over parade route

the end, small group will get an escort down Main Street

Helping vets, helping health care

Durango VA clinic is working to get more people to sign up

Adaptive Sports stretches out

space at Purgatory Resort building is doubling

Veteran Affairs treatment of Grand Junction man suspect

Specialist faults medical care after vet dies from liver disease

Elks support children of veterans

They’re donating supplies to get them to school

Investigation finishing on Denver’s overbudget VA hospital

Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson speaks near construction for a troubled VA hospital during a news conference Wednesday in…

Veterans rally for new hospital in Aurora

Kurt Patton and his wife, Colleen Patton, with Combat Veterans Association, were joined by more than 150 veterans and supporters…