veterans

Interview with Manager of the Military Veteran Services Center at Bellevue University Heather Carroll about the Backpacks for Omaha Homeless Vets program

Military retirees in Nebraska will get to keep more of their retirement benefits under a bill that won first-round approval from lawmakers. The bill would…

FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — A traveling Smithsonian exhibit about the history of Native Americans in the U.S. military is on display at Fort Atkinson State…

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — What will happen to the buildings and campus of the Grand Island Veterans Home after residents are transferred to their new home…

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that significantly expands the Black Hills National Cemetery.About 200 acres of land currently held…

Rachelle Vidal, a School Records Counselor at Omaha South High Magnet, served as a Specialist in the Army National Guard from 2000-2008. When she joined…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — This year's Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Reunion is scheduled to begin Thursday evening in Lincoln.Organizers say the reunion will be…

A public-private partnership could be used to fund a new VA hospital in Omaha.VA Secretary Robert McDonald wants Omaha to be the test site for a new…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha could get a $136 million medical facility built next to the ailing veterans hospital if a public-private initiative is carried…

The first burials and interments of cremated remains will begin this fall at the Omaha National Cemetery.Construction began last June on the 236 acre…