Chris Kyle laughs when asked about actor Bradley Cooper playing his part in a movie about Kyle's four tours in Iraq as a Navy SEAL.
By Kyle Martin | Friday, May 25, 2012
Two cyclists traveling cross-country to raise awareness about veteran issues stopped Wednesday at Augusta's VA hospitals.
By Kyle Martin | Wednesday, May 9, 2012
E-Z-Go donated a red Express S6 to the Fisher House at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta as part of the company's relationship with Tee it up for the Troops.
By Tom Corwin | Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Four-year-old Tyana Dammann was not afraid to strut her stuff for the Go Red for Women Fashion Show and Heart Disease Symposium at the Kroc Center on Sunday.
By Summer Moore | Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012
On Augusta sidewalks, blind veterans from the Blind Rehabilitation Center at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center are learning a new set of skills to cope with their visual impairments.
By Meg Mirshak | Monday, Jan. 30, 2012
If you need an introduction to the veterans of Victory Pointe, Keith Vaden is your man.
By Kyle Martin | Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011
The Department of Veterans Affairs in Augusta has launched a marriage retreat designed to repair relationships between returning troops and their spouses.
By Kyle Martin | Friday, Dec. 16, 2011
Veterans can learn about benefits such as disability at a briefing and health fair from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center.
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011
The first embryonic stem cell-based clinical trial in spinal cord patients in the U.S. is screening a lot of patients but finding only four so far who meet the criteria to get the infusion, one of ...
By Tom Corwin | Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011
From gushing wounds to chronic pain to finding a better way to get deserved benefits, those caring for injured service members in Augusta are finding better ways to get it done.
By Tom Corwin | Monday, Oct. 24, 2011
In the care of wounded soldiers and those returning from war, there is a need to address spiritual needs as well as the physical and mental ones, the U.S. Navy's Chief of Chaplains said.
By Tom Corwin | Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011
The 20-bedroom Fisher House was dedicated Wednesday to serve not only families of veterans but also the families of personnel in the Active Duty Rehabilitation Unit.
By Tom Corwin | Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011
About 30 people got information Tuesday evening on plans to transform a building on the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center's campus into senior housing and an assisted-living facility.
By Lynn Davidson | Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011
The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center will hold a public hearing next week on a proposal to renovate a vacant building on its Uptown Division campus for senior and assisted-living patients.
By Tom Corwin | Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011
Sailors and soldiers finally got a chance to celebrate their return with fellow reserve members, their families and many veterans Saturday at Diamond Lakes Regional Park.
By Meg Mirshak | Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011
Mention to Anne Arnold that a bedroom at the new Fisher House Augusta looks like a fancy hotel room and she has a ready answer.
By Tom Corwin | Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011
The Augusta wing of a national nurses' union is rallying to ask U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss to back a tax on stock transactions that could raise money for projects that can provide jobs.
By Tom Corwin | Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011
Brent Kuemmerle climbs a rope at the dedication of the therapeutic wall at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. AMVETS presented the wall to the Active Duty Rehabilitation Unit.
Friday, Aug 26, 2011
ATLANTA - Several mental health clinics serving Georgia veterans had significantly high patient wait times over the past fiscal year and were slow to respond to the problem.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
It's a "pretty common occurrence" for veterans to be arrested at the hospital where they seek treatment, authorities say. Air Force veteran Edward Smith, arrested in 2008, is one of them.
By Kyle Martin | Monday, May 30, 2011
