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Mon., November 12, 2012 3:56pm
A million dollars is flowing into north Georgia to help veterans avoid becoming homeless or find a place to live if they are. Two Georgia nonprofits are partnering to serve at least 400 veterans and their families in 16 counties stretching from Rome to Athens.
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Sat., November 10, 2012 3:00pm
The National Park Service is waiving admission fees for past and present military service members during this three-day Veterans Day weekend.
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Fri., November 9, 2012 9:53am
A new memorial is being dedicated for veterans in West Point. A ceremony will be held 10 a.m. Friday at J. Smith Lanier Park. The memorial was constructed this summer.
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Wed., September 26, 2012 8:11am
The state Department of Corrections is hosting a military personnel job fair Wednesday at State Offices South at Tift College in Forsyth. The agencies have approximately 800 jobs available for military personnel returning from duty.
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Wed., July 25, 2012 8:00am
Georgia is set to receive a $750,000 federal grant to help returning Army veterans find jobs. The funding was announced Tuesday by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. The grants are set to be implemented over the next two years.
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Wed., July 18, 2012 10:00am
Two Atlanta-based groups will receive more than $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to fight homelessness in veterans. The grants are part of a more than $100 million national effort to keep veterans from becoming homeless and to help homeless veterans.
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Wed., July 4, 2012 8:54am
Unemployed veterans might be heading back to school by the thousands under a new federal program that pays for up to a year of education. So far, there has been an enormous response to the program called the Veteran Retraining Assistance Program.
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Fri., May 11, 2012 6:00am
The Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company said this week it will focus recruitment efforts on military veterans, hiring at least 800 across the country this year. Those are jobs in Georgia and across the country, though the company has not decided yet exactly how many will be here.
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Wed., May 25, 2011 5:16pm
The Veterans Administration is soliciting bids for a new health clinic in Savannah. The 50,000 square-foot facility will replace a smaller, aging structure nearby. The current clinic often can't handle the needs of some eight-thousand veterans living in the Savannah area.
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Wed., May 25, 2011 5:15pm
The Veterans Administration is soliciting bids for a new health clinic in Savannah. The 50,000 square-foot facility will replace a smaller, aging structure nearby. The current clinic often can't handle the needs of some eight-thousand veterans living in the Savannah area.
