Veterans

Central Oregon Community College launched a national business education program for the first time this year called STRIVE. It’s aimed at helping veterans and their families get a cost-free education.

The Pentagon has restored some webpages highlighting the wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans

A group of Ukrainian war veteran amputees have been in Oregon learning a form of adaptive skiing for people with one leg.

The governor’s initiative to end veteran homelessness combines federal, state, and nonprofit resources. New housing developments, including a recent 34-unit complex in Salem, are helping. But roughly 1,400 Oregon veterans still experience homelessness each night.

An NPR investigation finds thousands of veterans were pushed into high-cost mortgages by a program that was meant to help them. A rescue plan being rolled out by the Department of Veterans Affairs is excluding many vets who need help.

Communities across Oregon mark Veterans’ Day with ceremonies at 11 o’clock Monday morning

Despite some concerns from one Josephine County commissioner, the project recently got a chunk of money to add to a big state grant and other funding that cleared the path ahead.

On Wednesday morning, Josephine County Commissioners agreed to put a tax on the November ballot to fund an office that helps veterans access benefits.

After noticing that many abandoned cremated remains in Portland belonged to veterans, two volunteers launched a decadelong effort to find them and give them a soldier’s resting place.

New research from Oregon Health & Science University suggests that women veterans are at a higher risk for repeated suicide attempts than men.