ODGEN, Utah (AP) — The former head of the Utah Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing for the U.S. census to include a question about veterans next year. The Standard-Examiner reported Saturday that Terry Schow wants a question about veterans status so the state can have a more accurate count. The Vietnam […]
The Utah Honor Flight is in D.C. with 25 Central Utah Vietnam Veterans. All those veterans were able to go on the honor flight through local fundraising efforts in Sevier County through the last year. Tom Rose with Run for the Vets led part of that effort to raise funds […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state of Utah is warning people to be careful when donating to groups claiming to support veterans. Officials say most groups are legitimate and do important work, but every year a few fraudsters attract donations by lying about help and support they don’t actually […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie is intervening in what he says was “unacceptable” treatment of an Army veteran in a messy room with an overflowing trash can at a Salt Lake City VA clinic. Wilkie said in a statement Tuesday that the VA was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Veterans Affairs clinic in Salt Lake City is investigating why an Army veteran was put in a room with an overflowing trash can and medical supplies strewn about after the man’s father tweeted images of the unclean space. The Deseret News reports Stephen Wilson, the father […]
