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• Conflicting evaluations mar trooper’s struggle with brass

  August 18, 2012 in City on Page B1 Second of two parts. Is Allen Larned fit to return to work as a Washington State Patrol trooper? 1

• Vestal: Trooper’s tangle stems from brain injury maze

  August 17, 2012 in City on Page A5 First of two parts. One August midnight four years ago, Washington State Patrol Trooper Allen Larned was sitting in his patrol car on the side of Interstate 90. 33

• Insurer OKs treatment for veteran’s brain injury

  June 17, 2011 in City on Page A1 A Spokane-area woman who was injured by an enemy mortar explosion while working as a helicopter mechanic in Afghanistan has received approval from a government-contracted insurance company to receive the … 4

• Injured war contractor approved for treatment

  June 16, 2011 in City A Spokane-area woman who was injured by an enemy mortar explosion while working as a helicopter mechanic in Afghanistan has received approval from a government-contracted insurance company to receive the … 15

• Army vet battling private insurer for coverage she feels is due

  June 13, 2011 in City on Page A1 A highly trained helicopter mechanic sits in her Chattaroy home and wonders what will come next: another debilitating brain seizure or the therapy she hopes will help her recover from … 36

• Combat veterans find therapy, support among peers

    September 6, 2009 in City on Page A1 DEER LAKE, Wash. – As a Marine combat engineer, Jesse Bruce helped destroy the remnants of Saddam Hussein’s rule and restore infrastructure to war-torn Iraq. But after an enemy mortar …

• Combat vets find support from peers

    September 5, 2009 in City As a Marine combat engineer, Jesse Bruce helped destroy the remnants of Saddam Hussein’s rule and restore infrastructure to war-torn Iraq. But after an enemy mortar shell exploded in his … 3