The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs is excited to announce the outstanding trio of women veteran leaders who will headline the first-ever virtual Oregon Women Veterans Conference on Saturday, May 22.
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Birthday letters are being collected for Dustin Gallegos, a Crooked River Ranch soldier who is currently deployed overseas.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Tuesday they have joined colleagues to reintroduce legislation to allow doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans in Oregon and the 35 other states that have established medical marijuana programs.
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People from across the country ran virtually on Saturday to support the Windy 25 Memorial Fund. In 2005, the fund was created after 18 soldiers died on a U.S. army helicopter in Afghanistan. Bend native Craig Wilhelm, was the commander. He started the fund to bring families of fallen soldiers together. It’s an opportunity to
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Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., spoke Thursday to the latest La Pine Veterans Outreach meeting on the need for a veterans treatment court in Deschutes County
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For veterans with entrepreneurial ambitions, a newly established benefit program — the first of its kind in the state — will allow them to enroll in educational programming at Central Oregon Community College’s Small Business Development Center, using GI Bill assistance.
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The US Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned home to Astoria on Wednesday following a 63-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs is excited to announce the return of the Oregon Women Veterans’ Conference, which will be held virtually for the first time on Saturday, May 22.
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During a visit to Bend on Monday, Rep. Cliff Bentz presented a certificate and U.S. Capitol flag to Kristin Gyford, an Air Force veteran and licensed clinical social worker who received a Women Veteran Trailblazers award from the VA. The awards recognize veteran women who continue to serve other veterans in their community. Gyford is
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Bend natives Casey and Drew Gomez started “Their Story Veterans,” a video series that interviews war veterans.
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The VA Portland Health Care System is scheduled to surpass administering more than 50,000 COVID-19 vaccinations across its health care system on Thursday.
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There’s a large building on Burgess Road in La Pine that may not look like much now. But in a few months, it will become something many in the community have wanted for quite a while.
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The VA Portland Health Care System is inviting enrolled veterans of all ages and who get their care at the Bend Robert D. Maxwell VA Clinic to get scheduled for their COVID-19 shot next Saturday or Sunday at the Redmond VFW.
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The Bend Park & Recreation board unanimously approved waiving system development charges (SDCs) Tuesday night, for the Veterans Village project on the north side of Bend.
Continue Reading Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs Director Kelly Fitzpatrick will host a live virtual town hall for Vietnam veterans on Thursday, March 25 at noon via Zoom.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined colleagues Tuesday to introduce the Major Richard Star Act, bipartisan legislation to provide combat-injured veterans with less than 20 years of military service their full retirement and disability benefits.
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For the first time in the U.S., a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic has delivered COVID-19 vaccines by air. Destination: Bend.
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A roundtable discussion took place Thursday in La Pine among supporters who want Deschutes County to create a veterans treatment court.
Continue Reading The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs is still accepting applications for the Veteran Educational Bridge Grant, a grant program that was implemented last year to help Oregon veterans complete their educational goals.
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Bend resident Dick Tobiason is no stranger to advocating for the veterans community.
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