Veterans affairs – The Durango Herald

Montezuma County DAR plants flags for Memorial Day

Members honor veterans at area cemeteries

DATE: May 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College Veterans Club cooks chili for the homeless

Effort marks club’s first community outreach

DATE: Apr 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Veterans group gets busy this weekend with beekeeper workshop

Homestead Project offers agricultural training to combat PTSD

DATE: Jan 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez turns out for Veterans Day parade

More than 20 organizations participate in Veterans Day parade

DATE: Nov 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fireworks, community celebration planned for Veterans Day

Lightner Creek Fire first-responders will be acknowledged

DATE: Nov 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Finding care for veterans in rural Colorado

In some parts of the state, care suffers as Veterans Administration searches for providers

DATE: Oct 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

State parks free to veterans, military in August

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will offer veterans and active-duty military personnel, including reserve and National Guard members, free entry to state parks during August. “We are ...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

VFW slams House plan to fix VA budget gap as hurting vets

WASHINGTON – The leader of Veterans of Foreign Wars is taking aim at President Donald Trump over a House plan to fill a sudden budget shortfall at the Department of Veterans Affairs. ...

DATE: Jul 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pilot’s remains back on US soil from Vietnam after 52 years

SAN DIEGO – Deborah Crosby touched her father’s flag-draped casket as her three brothers hugged her in a tearful embrace on the tarmac at the San Diego airport Friday – ending a more than ha...

DATE: May 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pot pioneer Colorado just now taking look at PTSD treatment

DENVER – The first state to legalize marijuana is just now taking steps to consider the drug medicine for people suffering from post-traumatic stress. Colorado has authorized medi...

DATE: Jan 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Veterans’ Services Office to close for winter holidays

The La Plata County Veterans’ Services Office, 1970 East Third Ave., Suite 102, will be closed from Friday to Jan. 2, 2017. The office will reopen Jan. 3. Call 382-6150 to schedul...

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Justice Department considers probe of VA perjury allegations

DENVER – The Justice Department is considering whether to investigate allegations that Veterans Affairs Department executives lied to Congress to conceal massive cost overruns at a $1.7 bill...

DATE: Dec 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News