veterans

The Sheridan-headquartered nonprofit Volunteers of America Northern Rockies is currently running the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program on its own dime.

All of the agency’s medical centers, outpatient clinics and vet centers remain open. VA benefits are also still getting processed and delivered.

Veterans Talking to Veterans trains veterans and their spouses to be trauma-informed coaches, who then host weekly meetings around the state.

This spring, the VA mandated telework and remote employees to return to the office. A nurse who coordinates home health care shares her thoughts on that transition and its impacts.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is in the process of downsizing, aiming to cut 15% of its workforce: roughly 80,000 employees. The agency is also calling workers back to the office in the next few weeks.

Two bills related to the University of Wyoming made moves through the Legislature this week. One would create a student loan repayment program for veterans who provide mental health care to other vets, and the other is related to the Hathaway Scholarship.

A couple of summers ago, the nonprofit StoryCorps hosted an oral history project here in Wyoming, in which veterans and their families recorded honest and personal stories about their military experience. This time, 64-year-old Tim Shepard looks back on his extensive military career, sharing the wisdom he has learned along the way with StoryCorps' Military Voices Manager Hazel Diaz.

This week, we’re looking at state legislative races in the northeast corner of the state and we’ll take a deeper look at the Republicans challenging U.S. Senator John Barrasso in the primary.The Road to Cheyenne is our special series previewing the primary elections.

A couple of summers ago, the non-profit StoryCorps hosted an oral history project here in Wyoming in which veterans and their families recorded honest and personal stories about their military experience. We’re grateful to share those conversations now with our listeners. Today, we hear from 61-year-old Dianne Burner and her mother, Demi, as they recount fond memories of Dianne’s grandmother who joined the Navy in World War I, and stress the importance of passing on family history.

Suicide rates for female veterans are more than double that of non-veteran women in the U.S – and suicide rates among female vets have also increased at a much higher rate than their male counterparts. The Sheridan VA is trying to combat those statistics by organizing more opportunities for female veterans to create community, heal and give feedback about their health care needs.