Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• VA mental health delays ‘unacceptable’

  April 24, 2012 in City on Page A1 Military veterans are waiting an average of 80 days to meet with a mental health care provider at the Spokane VA Medical Center, falling far short of the 14-day goal … 7

• Murray presses for speedier VA care

  December 7, 2011 in City on Page A10 The ranking members of a U.S. Senate committee are seeking an investigation into how long it takes veterans to be seen by mental health professionals at Veterans Affairs medical facilities. … 4

• VA mental health reform ordered

  May 12, 2011 in City on Page A7 The parents of two veterans who killed themselves while under the care of Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 2008 welcomed an appeals court order for mental health care reform … 1

• Court: VA’s mental health care reform is overdue

  May 11, 2011 in City The parents of two veterans who killed themselves while under the care of Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 2008 welcomed an appeals court order for mental health care reform … 1

• Head of Spokane veterans program honored

  December 16, 2010 in City on Page A7 The head of Spokane’s homeless veterans program for the Department of Veterans Affairs received national honors last week during a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

• Finally, Army offers help to colonel

  September 19, 2010 in Opinion on Page B9 Col. Darel Maxfield vividly remembers the day a senior Army Reserve officer pulled the oak leaf off his chest and, with a flourish, replaced it with a proud eagle, the … 2

• VA limits surgeries at Spokane, other hospitals

  May 6, 2010 in City The Veterans Affairs Department is limiting the types of surgeries performed at some of its hospitals, including in Spokane, following a systemwide review prompted by surgical deaths at its southern … 8

• Data show increase in suicide rate among U.S. veterans

  January 11, 2010 in Nation/World The suicide rate among 18- to 29-year-old men who’ve left the military has gone up significantly, the government said Monday. 3

• Obama signs law to OK Walla Walla VA renovation

  November 11, 2009 in Region President Barack Obama has signed a law authorizing the Department of Veterans Affairs to build a new outpatient clinic at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla … 2

• Colville official calls for better care

  November 6, 2009 in City on Page A6 Native American veterans are often denied the specialized health care they need as a result of their service because of their isolation on rural reservations across the nation, according to …

• Pain of war

  October 8, 2006 in City on Page A1 Two years after serving in Iraq, Staff Sgt. Shawn Green lives on pain pills and the charity of the Salvation Army while he applies to the Department of Veterans Affairs …