Oct 25, 2021 11:08AM ● By Kent Jarnig
If a soldier takes his own life, why punish his spouse and children?
Oct 26, 2020 04:20PM ● By Jan Weeks
With the opening of Western Region One Source in 2019, all western Colorado veteran resources can be done in-house at one location.
Oct 26, 2020 03:04PM ● By Steve Nelson
For 49 years I paid scant attention to Veterans Day, as neither my veteran status nor patriotic holidays held deep meaning to me. Or so I thought.
Oct 26, 2020 02:21PM ● By Jan Weeks
Local veteran Mike Shults works to name and put to rest our forgotten heroes.
Jun 01, 2020 12:54PM ● By Carole Ann McKelvey
Korean War vet reflects on military service Kenneth Hughes had just turned 22 when he was drafted into the Army for a two-year tour in Korea...
Mar 03, 2020 11:51AM ● By Randal C. Hill
Do you recognize this song? To Anacreon in Heaven, where he sat in full glee A few sons of harmony sent a petition That he their inspirer an...
Dec 02, 2019 01:09PM ● By Beacon Senior News
A flicker of humor amid the darkness Remembering the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, is it possible to find humor? I felt sadness...
Oct 28, 2019 03:25PM ● By Melinda Mawdsley
Barbara Grossman calls the Colorado Veterans Community Living Center in Rifle the “best-kept secret on the Western Slope.” As the center's l...
Oct 28, 2019 02:48PM ● By Jan Weeks
Sharing history that never made the books One hundred years ago, the Treaty of Versailles ended World War I, Prohibition ended, the White So...
Oct 28, 2019 11:46AM ● By Beacon Senior News
Don't know what a Rakkasan is? Neither did Grand Junction veteran Robert Kirner, 89, when he enlisted in the military. Kirner’s story b...
May 09, 2019 12:15PM ● By Beacon Senior News
Years ago, while shopping on Memorial Day weekend, an older gentleman wearing a veteran's cap, held out his hand offering to sell me a brigh...
Jan 06, 2019 12:25AM ● By Jan Weeks
The former National Guard Armory on 28 Road that has sat empty for years is getting a new lease on life as the Western Region Veterans One S...
