Tag: veterans/retirees
-
White House: No change ‘at this time’ to Shulkin’s VA job
WASHINGTON— With his job status in danger, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin sought to lower his public profile Monday as a White House spokesman insisted that President Donald Trump still had confidence in his leadership “at this point in time.” Shulkin, the lone Obama administration official in Trump’s Cabinet, abruptly backed out of a…
-
Lavish features cut from over-budget Denver VA hospital
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save AURORA — Imported Brazilian stone has been scratched from the budget-busting design for a veterans hospital under construction outside Denver, replaced by cheaper Colorado rock. A planned $10 million landscaping scheme has been slashed to…
-
Lavish features cut from over-budget Denver VA hospital
AURORA — Imported Brazilian stone has been scratched from the budget-busting design for a veterans hospital under construction outside Denver, replaced by cheaper Colorado rock. A planned $10 million landscaping scheme has been slashed to $2 million, and subcontractors who find a way to reduce costs get to keep 30 percent of the savings, according…
-
Combat veteran amputees brave storms, cold, to climb Everest
Two Iraq war veterans who lost right legs to roadside bombs aim this week to become the first combat amputees to reach the top of Mount Everest. They are climbing the less-traveled northern route of the world’s highest mountain from China and plan to summit the 29,029-foot peak Friday, weather permitting. Unpredictable conditions and deep snow could delay them, climbers say. The two men —…
-
Studio, eatery share a bit of Brazil
Tricare beneficiaries across 21 western states won’t know for another three months whether TriWest Healthcare Alliance will continue to administer their benefits beyond March of next year. After 16 years, TriWest lost its latest bid to continue to run the Tricare West Region under a third generation support contract, this one worth an estimated $20.5…
-
The envelope, please
ESTES PARK, Colo.- YMCA of the Rockies welcomes the Sierra Club’s Mission Outdoors Military Families and Veteran’s Initiative (MFVI) Friday, April 13th for their third military Mission Outdoor Listening Session in 2012. The MFVI helps American military service members, veterans and their families use the land that they defended as a tool for reconnecting socially,…
-
Laser maker hit
ESTES PARK, Colo.- YMCA of the Rockies welcomes the Sierra Club’s Mission Outdoors Military Families and Veteran’s Initiative (MFVI) Friday, April 13th for their third military Mission Outdoor Listening Session in 2012. The MFVI helps American military service members, veterans and their families use the land that they defended as a tool for reconnecting socially,…
-
Simtek sales reach record
Lana Fore-Warkocz races against time. She fervently believes that all World War II veterans should have a chance to visit the war’s memorial in Washington, D.C. But they’re dying faster than donations are coming in — at least to Honor Flight of Southern Colorado, a fledgling local chapter of a national nonprofit that sends World…
-
Test your knowledge of baby facts with question-and-answer game
When it comes to thanking a veteran, words don’t always suffice. But a quilt just might. That’s Marilyn Canitz’s way of thinking. And she would know. An avid quilter, Canitz is the wife of a retired soldier, the mother of a deployed airman and a former Army dietician who spent four years in the service.…
-
Sabers victorious in opener
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2012 – Nearly 1.7 million veterans and service members have registered for the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense web portal, eBenefits, which provides online information and access to a wide variety of military and veteran benefits resources. A VA news release issued today says about 1.67 million users have signed up,…