Blue Star Mothers along with Henderson residents, students and council members collect items Tuesday for the 8th annual “Stockings for our Troops.
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The father of a California soldier recently killed in Afghanistan says he felt disrespected and hurt by passengers who booed him and his family when they were on a flight to meet his son’s remains.
Hoping to fill some of its nearly 500 teaching vacancies, the Clark County School District reached out to local veterans Saturday morning, focusing on two key traits that suit veterans to classrooms — an affinity for structure and discipline and a commitment to serving their communities.
The Nevada Army National Guard’s “Wildhorse” 1st Squadron, 221st Cavalry Regiment — the same one that returned from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 — is expanding to become part of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team in Boise, Idaho.
It would take more than a decade and cost at least $30 billion before the shuttered underground dump site at Yucca Mountain could begin accepting shipments of highly radioactive waste, according to experts on the controversial project.
Warbirds and the Thunderbirds’ red-white-and-blue jets demonstrated the nation’s airpower Saturday for 135,000 spectators who flocked to Nellis Air Force Base for the first Aviation Nation public open house in two years.
The recent election has show a great class, cultural and racial divide. Some people say the draft should be restored because it helps Americans realize that we’re all human. Does it take the threat of war for Americans to understand this?
The Aviation Nation air show and open house ended on a high note Sunday, drawing nearly 125,000 spectators to Nellis Air Force Base.
A bug on Facebook briefly converted profiles on the site into memorialized accounts Friday afternoon on Veterans Day.
Thousands of Southern Nevadans gathered in downtown Las Vegas on Friday for the annual Veterans Day Parade.
President Barack Obama laid a wreath in Arlington Cemetery on Friday and used his final Veterans Day speech to deliver a plea for unity and to urge Americans to set aside political grievances and follow the example of those who fight the country’s wars.
Free event returns to Nellis Air Force Base after cancellation of last year’s show and open house due to budget cuts under the deficit-reduction sequester law.
New $12.1 million, 15,000-square-foot facility will better serve area’s growing veteran population, CEO of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System says.
“Thanks” just doesn’t seem like enough, so numerous Las Vegas-area restaurants and bars are offering free or discounted food and drink in commemoration of Veterans Day.
In an effort to support our troops, numerous Las Vegas-area businesses are rallying to offer military personnel free and discounted access to events and attractions.