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A group of about 17 people stand on a ramp leading to a building. They are the support team for caregivers of veterans in the Asheville area.

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‘Good neighbors’: supporting veterans’ caregivers in WNC post-Helene

by Grace Vitaglione December 24, 2024December 26, 2024

Two men in collared shirts and a woman in a FEMA cap listen at a conference table about the storm damage from Hurricane Helene in western NC. The storm impacted some veterans heavily.

Damage from Helene devastating for some veterans

by Grace Vitaglione October 3, 2024October 4, 2024

Traumatized vets are connecting to services, but is it enough?

by Mona Dougani December 8, 2021December 7, 2021

shows the front of a building with several flags on poles, the American flag is at half staff, as there are dead COVID patients within. A sign in front of the building reads, "Heroes work here"

NC Veterans Nursing Home managers get a new contract, profit boost, despite managing homes where COVID deaths took place

by Thomas Goldsmith October 26, 2021October 25, 2021

Shows a brick wall in front of a nursing homewith the title, "North Carolina State Veterans Home" and brass plaques on the wall from each of the branches of the U.S. military

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Changes for NC’s state veterans nursing homes proposed in pending budget bill

by Thomas Goldsmith September 30, 2021August 31, 2022

Hundreds of thousands of people may have been exposed to contaminated drinking water at Cape Lejeune from the 1950 to the 1980s. The Jacksonville base, covering 156,000 acres in eastern North Carolina, remains in operation today with a safe water supply. In this 2016 photo, members of the US Marine Corps and the US Navy, along with civilians, participate in a ceremony on base.

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Marine veterans petition for medical health registry for Camp Lejeune toxic water victims

by Greg Barnes March 16, 2021March 15, 2021