North Las Vegas veteran nonprofit closes doors; city leader calls on community to act

North Las Vegas veteran nonprofit closes doors; city leader calls on community to act

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - Their call to action went largely unheard, but leaders of an award-winning North Las Vegas nonprofit said they will continue to find a way to save veterans’ lives. Kelly and Peter Guidry, co-founders of Forgotten not Gone, said their veteran suicide prevention nonprofit has helped save thousands of Las Vegas-based veterans. Their organization received high acclaim from the City of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas. “We were blesse…

VA furnishing HBOT therapy advancing in U.S. House

(The Center Square) – Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans with PTSD or traumatic brain injury furnished by the Veterans Administration is in a proposal from a North Carolina congressman that has cleared a congressional subcommittee.

Senators propose bill to help veterans with health care in rural areas

(The Center Square) - Amid major cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, two U.S. senators drafted a bill that would boost health care for veterans in rural areas.

U.S. Rep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez urges VA to reopen clinic in Lewis County - The Daily Chronicle

This week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins urging the agency to reopen a Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic in Lewis County after …

Senators propose bill to help veterans with health care in rural areas - Regional Media News

(The Center Square) – Amid major cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, two U.S. senators drafted a bill that would boost health care for veterans in rural areas. The Strengthening VA Patient Advocacy for Rural Veterans Act would require at least one patient advocate at all medical centers in rural and highly rural areas. The move comes after mass cuts to the department and a planned additional 80,000 job cuts. “Far too many veterans in rur…