Veterans affairs – The Durango Herald

Veterans Stand Down slated for Thursday

Regional vets will have access to food, services

DATE: Oct 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

After subpoena, VA turns over documents on costly hospital

DENVER – The Veterans Affairs Department turned over documents to Congress on Wednesday in response to a subpoena demanding information about how the cost of a Denver-area VA hospital soared...

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Inquiry finds ‘gross mismanagement’ in VA hospital

DENVER – Gross mismanagement, delays and lax oversight by the Veterans Affairs Department added hundreds of millions of dollars to the cost of a new Denver-area VA hospital, federal investig...

DATE: Sep 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Legislative panel backs marijuana for PTSD

Favorable sign for bill proposed for upcoming session

DATE: Sep 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Final Gold Star Parents Weekend slated

Fallen Colorado service members will be remembered and their parents honored from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sept. 25 at Rotary Park. The event will be the last of the season in Durango. A...

DATE: Sep 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lavish features cut from over-budget Denver VA hospital

Facility expected to open in early 2018

DATE: Jun 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France – Proud veterans in their 90s and families of fallen soldiers are commemorating the epochal D-Day invasion of Normandy 72 years ago that helped the Allies vanquish...

DATE: Jun 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Durango woman’s passion for veterans issues started at VFW

At five-foot-two, Ruthie Riedinger is one of the smaller members of Durango’s veteran family, but a vibrant fixture of She’s often seated in the corner of the VFW bar at 1550 Main Ave. dri...

DATE: May 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bootstrap yoga class targets PTSD, anxiety

Practice addresses PTSD, anxiety

DATE: Apr 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Vietnam War era veterans honored in Durango

DATE: Mar 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Vietnam veterans to be honored Tuesday

Vietnam veterans are invited to an event Tuesday morning aimed at honoring military personnel who were not so celebrated on their return from the highly contentious war. At 10:30 ...

DATE: Mar 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pearl Harbor hard to forget 74 years later for Colorado vets

DENVER (AP) – The stench and the heroism are what Jim Doyle remembers the most about that fateful day 74 years ago when Japan laid waste to Pearl Harbor, the attack that launched America int...

DATE: Dec 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News