Events planned for Veterans Day
Local organizations are planning events Wednesday to honor vets on Veterans Day. Here s a look: Coos Bay At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Eagles Lodge, 568 S. Second St., will provide a free dinner for all veterans and their spouses. The guest speaker wil...
 0.9K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 207.0 Army vet faked injury to avoid Iraq deployment
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq. Jeffrey Rush, 27, al...
3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 253.0 College needs to first solve crimes
This is about the article concerning smokers (The World, Oct. 28) College May Snuff out Smokers. Why? This is still the United States of America and we should still have some rights left, without having intimidation hanging over our heads. Nonsmoke...
2.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 242.0 County veterans office upgrades for reopening
Question: I want to know why the Coos County Veteran s Department service office has been closed for months, and now all of a sudden they are receiving new furniture and computers. Answer: The Coos County Veteran s Department service office will re...
1.3K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 242.0 VA to make stress compensation easier
WASHINGTON (AP) Female soldiers and others who served behind front lines have long complained about how hard it is to prove their combat experience when applying for disability due to post-traumatic stress disorder. That could soon change. The Vete...
0.7K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 181.0 House passes bill to prevent shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) The House passed legislation Friday to head off a government shutdown next week by temporarily extending spending on most federal programs at current levels, while boosting lawmakers office budgets by more than 8 percent. The House...
3.3K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 283.0 Flu shots planned for veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering free flu vaccinations for eligible veterans on the South Coast. These will be offered through walk-in flu clinics. No appointment is necessary. Clinics are scheduled in North Bend, 2191 Marion St., and i...
1.1K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 207.0 Absences cause vet aid office to close
The county is redirecting local veterans looking to file claims to other organizations until the Coos County Veterans Department service officer is back to work next month. The officer who normally handles veteran s affairs went on medical leave in J...
1.7K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 318.0 Absences cause vet aid office to close
The county is redirecting local veterans looking to file claims to other organizations until the Coos County Veteran s Department service officer is back to work next month. The officer who normally handles veteran s affairs went on medical leave in ...
1.8K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 1000.0 SOCC offers tuition aid to military families
Southwestern Oregon Community College offers a Oregon Fallen Soldier Tuition Program. The tuition-waiver benefit is intended to honor Oregon service members and provide family members with the opportunity to earn an associate s degree. Individuals mu...
1.1K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 187.0 As vets await checks, VA workers get $24M bonuses
WASHINGTON Outside the Veterans Affairs Department, severely wounded veterans have faced financial hardship waiting for their first disability payment. Inside, money has been flowing in the form of $24 million in bonuses. In scathing repor...
5.3K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 310.0 New GI Bill sending veterans to school
WASHINGTON Spc. Marco Reininger started the year on the dusty streets of Afghanistan. He ll end it on the campus of Columbia University with the government picking up a large chunk of the $100,000 tab for tuition. The Post-9/11 GI Bill rol...
6.3K - Aug. 1, 2009; scored 413.0 Extreme sports provide therapy for soldiers
FORT LEWIS, Wash. Sgt. Sylvia Portillo went first. Secured with elastic cords to a railroad bridge more than 200 feet over a gorge south of Mount St. Helens, Portillo s mission was to dive over the edge. She pretended to throw up, getting a nervous...
6.5K - Jul. 29, 2009; scored 339.0 See you in the forest
BUNKER HILL A politically precocious preschooler stole the show Wednesday, as Oregon Department of Forestry officials opened bids for two Elliott State Forest timber sales. A couple-dozen environmental activists attended the event, held in the agen...
3.1K - Jul. 23, 2009; scored 300.0 Iraq veterans' caregivers seek help
WASHINGTON On good days, Michelle Briggs has to remind her 40-year-old husband to shower and eat. On bad days, she lifts him out of bed and picks him up when he falls. Robert W. Briggs, a former U.S. Army sergeant, was severely injured in Iraq and ...
5.0K - Jul. 21, 2009; scored 411.0 More troops' kids struggle with mental anguish
WASHINGTON After nearly eight years of war, soldiers are not the only ones experiencing mental anguish. Their children are, too. Last year, children of U.S. troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times double the number at the star...
4.5K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 288.0 Project aims to help troubled veterans
COOS BAY They are warriors. They see themselves as strong. They don t realize or don t want to believe they need help. Veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder discover months or years later it takes more than time and a few drin...
3.7K - Jun. 23, 2009; scored 290.0 VA scrambles to hire claims processors
WASHINGTON - This isn't the same as getting a free duffel bag for being the millionth person to go through the turnstiles: The Veterans Affairs Department appears poised to have hit the 1 million milestone on claims it still hasn't processed. This u...
5.0K - Jun. 18, 2009; scored 421.0 Obama promises more than 600,000 stimulus jobs
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama promised today to deliver more than 600,000 jobs through his $787 billion stimulus plan this summer, with federal agencies pumping billions into public works projects, schools and summer youth programs. Ob...
3.7K - Jun. 8, 2009; scored 279.0 Veterans fight budget cuts
LANSING, Mich. - The wail of bagpipes at Memorial Day events honoring servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan rang hollow for some military veterans this year. In Michigan and elsewhere, once-sacrosanct veterans' programs are no longer safe from th...
4.0K - May. 28, 2009; scored 427.0 | 
