May 23, 2019

Albany veterans group gets new van for Wall of Honor

Debbie Modesitt was in the Vets Helping Vets HQ office when she got the call. Northwest Indian Veterans Association of Oregon was disbanding and …
May 22, 2019

Long overdue recognition given to military veterans in Lebanon

Long overdue recognition given to military veterans in Lebanon … and Air Force vets were given medals and citations from officials of the Oregon Army …
May 22, 2019

Gale’s Lodge to welcome veterans soon

Sheronne Blasi, statewide director for veterans’ services at the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs, said the state has 300,000 veterans. She said …
May 20, 2019

Honor Flight: ‘I know a lot of names on that panel. We lost 300’

For these veterans from Oregon, it is that one name or several names they search for. … At the Arlington National Cemetery, four veterans from the […]
May 20, 2019

Team Rubicon trains to decrease wildfire loads

BROWNSVILLE — They came from all walks of life, from as near as Lebanon and as far away as Colorado, veterans and civilians alike.
May 19, 2019

Honor Flight Veterans return back to Eugene

EUGENE, Ore. — The South Willamette Valley Honor Flight Veterans from Oregon visited their memorials in Washington D.C. this weekend.
May 16, 2019

Silver Star Vietnam vet ready for Honor Flight

North Albany resident Eric Czernowski credits his youth in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood with saving his life in Vietnam.
May 15, 2019

State Partners to Educate Oregonians about Scams Targeting Veterans and Seniors

Every two minutes, someone in the United States becomes a victim of fraud. A disproportionate number of scams target the nation’s most honorable and vulnerable — […]
May 15, 2019

World War II veterans, families honored at the State Capitol for Armed Forces Day

World War II Army combat medic Vern Staley still remembers the brutal winter of 1944, when his toes froze as his battalion fought the Germans.