mental health
New mobile app help Veterans cope with TBI
Of the 600,000 Veterans who call Washington State Home, it is estimated that one in five have some level of a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
October 3, 2017
10:20 am
Category: News
WWII veterans
The Recent Wave of WWII Memoirs May Also Be the Last
(NEW YORK) — Don Stratton, one of the few remaining surviving veterans from the bombing of Pearl Harbor, had been holding on to his memories
October 3, 2017
7:07 am
WWII veterans
Honor Flight vets were ‘treated like kings’
It had been a while since Harold Simpson had seen the Enola Gay — more than 70 years. The first time Simpson set eyes on
October 3, 2017
6:10 am
memorials
Since You Asked: Vietnam Wall replica in Medford is moving forward
I am relatively new to Medford and just recently heard about a Vietnam Memorial wall being built here. I searched your paper and found that
October 3, 2017
12:52 am
Korean veterans
Veterans get big welcome home from trip
MEDFORD — World War II and Korean War veterans are returning home after a trip to Washington D.C. They got an all paid expense trip through
October 2, 2017
11:56 pm
WWII veterans
Honor Flight of Oregon returns to Medford with big announcement
Medford, Ore. — A group of local veterans are back in the Rogue Valley, following a weekend trip to Washington D.C. The World War II
October 2, 2017
6:41 pm
caregivers
VA forms new family, caregiver and survivor advisory committee, names Sen. Elizabeth Dole as chair
VA announced the formation of the Veterans’ Family, Caregiver and Survivor Federal Advisory Committee as part of VA secretary Dr. David Shulkin’s commitment to supporting
October 2, 2017
1:08 pm
Vietnam veterans
WWII and Vietnam War veterans return to Oregon from trip to DC
PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s business as usual at PDX, but gate C9 had people turning heads Sunday night. Many at the gate, wielding American flags, waiting
October 2, 2017
7:51 am
WWII veterans
“Band of Brothers” Donald Malarkey of Oregon dies
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Donald Malarkey, a World War II paratrooper who was awarded the Bronze Star after parachuting behind enemy lines at Normandy to
October 1, 2017
1:34 pm
Vietnam veterans
Oregon Experience: The Vietnam War Oregon Remembers
Monday, October 2 at 9:00 p.m. Nearly 50 years after the end of combat operations in Vietnam, Oregonians remain deeply affected by the events of
September 30, 2017
11:22 pm
emergency assistance
$10K in state lottery money to help local homeless veterans
Oregon Coast Community Action (ORCA) has been notified that it will get$10,743 in state lottery money to help Curry and Coos county’s homeless veterans. The
September 29, 2017
10:03 pm
Oregon Army National Guard mobilizes citizen-soldiers for Middle East
23 Citizen-Soldiers with Detachment 3, G Company (Golf), 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment are honored in a mobilization ceremony on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The
September 29, 2017
12:44 pm