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Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson.

VA Schedules Mental Health Summit

Event brings together vets, officials and service providers to discuss suicide prevention
Anthony Stazzone, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System chief of staff.

VA Emphasizes Mental Well-Being, Expanded Care

What the Southern Arizona VA's recent Whole Health flagship facility designation entails.
Josh "Oz" Oswald, Pathh Guide at Boulder Crest Retreat.

Nonprofit Helps Veterans Heal at Free Retreat

The Boulder Crest Retreat spans over 100 acres outside Sonoita.
The Mountain View Black Officer's Club is being recognized as the most threatened building in the country.

Mountain View Officers Club Gets Help For Renovations

The historic building at Ft. Huachuca finds private financing.

Melinda Snodgrass: Exploring the Law on the Final Frontier

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A review of this week's local election results; "Missing in America" project honors departed veterans; and volunteers making a difference in Arizona state parks.
Petroglyphs at Cocoraque Butte in the Ironwood Forest National Monument.

The Future of a Link to the Past

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Local hip hop dance team scores at national contest; Pink Martini brings swanky sounds to Tucson; "Love Letters to the Library" returns; and a profile of an Arizonan who fought in the Vietnam War.

Center Gets Grant to Help Find Jobs for Homeless Vets

Program supports homeless veterans in search of jobs or career training.
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VA Looking For Volunteer Drivers to Help Get Vets to Appointments

Volunteers must pass certain requirements to drive the VA’s vehicles.
Frankie Burgos, staff member of the Warrior-Scholar Project, teaches a class.

Academic Boot Camp Helps Veterans on Path to University, Civilian Life

Warrior-Scholar Project also aims to ease veterans worries about transitioning.
Soldier salutes a military procession.

Tucson, Pima County Open Housing Complex for Homeless Vets

A 44-unit complex for homeless vets is open near Davis-Monthan.
Illustration by Shiang-Harn Hwang

An Unexpected Connection Between Sunny Tucson and Arctic Norway

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The Missing in America Project honors departed veterans; a mother's hopes for her daughter's future; and author Ron Carlson on the inspiration for "News of the World".
A soldier salutes a military procession.

Pima County, VA Team Up to Get More Vets Working

Federal staffers will join a county agency for additional work and training programs.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions visits Nogales, Ariz. April 11, 2017, to announce new immigration enforcement measures.

Episode 133: Reaction to Immigration Crackdown

Plus, controversy over proposed UA Honors College dorms, interring indigent vets, more.
Headstones at the Veterans' Memorial Cemetery at Marana.

Veterans' Remains To Be Laid To Rest Saturday

Marana Veterans' Memorial Cemetery to be final resting place for 30 homeless or indigent veterans.
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Tucson VA to Stop Accepting Civilian Benefit Plans

Tricare and Champva patients no longer accepted.
Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson visits the VA facility in Tucson. December 12, 2016

Tucson VA Facility Mostly OK, Despite Problems, Official Says

The deputy secretary called his visit 'great;' also said misconduct will not be tolerated.

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