Military Service for College Credit? Texas Plan Gets $1.5 Million Boost
The Texas Workforce Commission is awarding Austin Community College over $90,000 as part of its College Credit for Heroes program.ACC is one of six colleges joining the program, which is designed to...
View ArticleAustin's New Outpatient VA Clinic is the Largest in the Country
Austin’s new VA clinic opened this week, becoming the largest free-standing VA outpatient clinic in the U.S. The new, state-of-the-art clinic will to help accommodate Central Texas’s fast growing...
View ArticleSouth Vietnamese Figure Removed from Texas' Vietnam War Memorial
The Texas State Preservation Board voted Friday to move forward with a proposed Vietnam War veterans' monument at the Texas Capitol. The final design features American combat troops – and not a South...
View ArticleAmerica's Oldest Veteran Lives in Austin. What Happened to Him Yesterday Will...
A diverse group of volunteers braved the heat Thursday to upgrade the residence of 107-year-old World War II veteran Richard Overton – the country’s oldest living World War II veteran.The East Austin...
View ArticleInteractive: Hearing on Prescription Drug Epidemic Among U.S. Veterans
According to a new report, the number of prescriptions veterans received for powerful opiates has surged since the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.Central Texas veterans' prescriptions have...
View ArticleTexas Veterans Stepping Up to Fill Boots of Aging Agricultural Workers
Agriculture is big business in Texas. Statewide, it has a $100 billion dollar economic impact.But the industry may be at risk. The average age of a Texas farmer or rancher is 59. And fewer young people...
View ArticleVeterans Day 2013: What's Open, What's Closed and What's Going On
Veterans Day Parade:Travis County and the City of Austin are holding the annual Veterans Day Parade on Monday to honor service men and women.The Grand Marshal of this year’s commemoration and parade is...
View ArticleAmerica's Oldest Veteran Richard Overton Gets Standing Ovation from Obama
America’s oldest living World War II veteran lives in Austin. And today, he was the guest of honor for a very notable host: President Barack Obama.Today wasn’t the first time 107-year-old Richard...
View ArticleStudy: Texas Cities Lead the Nation For Careers After Military
A new study reported by the military news outlet Stars and Stripes ranks Houston as the number one city in the country for job-seeking veterans. Dallas and Austin rank second and fifth among major...
View ArticleFighting Stigma of Mental Illness Goal of New Texas Nonprofit
Improving mental health practices for Texas and reducing the stigma associated with mental illness is the goal of a new statewide institute. Its focus will be on children, veterans and criminal justice...
View ArticleTexas Hearing to Address Claims of Doctored Wait Times at VA Clinics
On the heels of allegations that VA clinics across the country manipulated wait times, a state senate hearing will ask veterans whether they've struggled to get a timely doctor’s appointment.Lieutenant...
View ArticleCentral Texas Courts Help Veterans Tested by War Stay Out of Jail
Across the country and here in Texas, counties have been setting up special courts specifically for veterans in recent years.Those veterans that go through the court have to stick with a series of...
View ArticleReport Finds Evidence Of Secret Wait Lists At VA Hospital
The inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs has affirmed that some 1,700 patients at the Phoenix VA hospital were put on unofficial wait lists and subjected to treatment delays of up to...
View ArticleVA Chief Eric Shinseki Resigns Post, Obama Announces
Embattled Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has resigned his position, hours after saying he would work to fix "systemic" problems in the VA's health care system.President Obama...
View ArticleWhy Veterans Could Influence Texas Medical Marijuana Laws
Can more than 1.5 million Texas veterans change the minds of state lawmakers opposed to legalizing medical marijuana?William Martin, director of the Drug Policy Program at Rice University’s Baker...
View ArticleListen: Texas Veterans on ISIS and the Future of Iraq
Last week, the Obama administration announced their response to the unraveling situation in Iraq. The U.S. is sending 300 military advisors to help government forces battling the Islamic State in Iraq...
View ArticlePhotos: ABIA Celebrates the Fourth of July with a Showcase of WWII Bombers
The Texas Raiders have descended upon Austin. No, it's not a football team. It's the codename for a group of B-17 pilots who have brought four renovated World War II-era planes to Austin-Bergstrom...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Exhibit at Bullock Museum Memorializes Texas' Fallen in Vietnam
Yesterday, veterans of the Vietnam War came from around the state to commemorate the arrival of 3,417 dog tags at the Bullock Texas State History Museum for the forthcoming "Texas Vietnam Heroes...
View ArticleSpecial Operations Soldiers Share Their Stories of PTSD in New Documentary
KUT is a media sponsor of the Austin Film Festival.Austin-based filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh got his start in the stunt business. His film credits include "Gone in 60 Seconds,""Total Recall," and "Hook."...
View ArticleWhat's Open, What's Closed and What's Going on to Honor Veterans
Today is Veterans Day, and with that in mind we've got a rundown of all the parades, speeches and other events to honor Central Texas veterans in Austin, Georgetown and San Marcos.In addition, we've...
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