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ORE.- A dental group wants to offer veterans free care this Veterans Day! Aspen Dental locations nationwide will open their doors to provide free care to military veterans across the country in what it calls the Day of Service. Now in its …

ROSEBURG, Ore. – Another option for affordable housing is now open in Roseburg. Deer Creek Village is Neighborhood Umpqua’s 68-unit apartment complex located on Northeast Douglas Avenue. On June 22, it was announced the first residents are moving in. The apartment complex …

MEDFORD, Ore. —A local roofing company is showing its gratitude to veterans, by giving one of them a new roof, for free! Pressure Point Roofing began installing a new roof for Medford Army veteran Bob Viale, Thursday. It’s part of the Owens …

MEDFORD, Ore — A Purple Heart Veteran will be representing Oregon in this year’s Purple Heart Patriot Project ceremony in New York. “I was proud to wear the uniforms,” Rupp told NBC5 news. “I’m proud to say I’m a Veteran.”  U.S. Army …

EAGLE POINT, Ore. — A Grants Pass veteran who lost his life to lung cancer was laid to rest Friday morning. Family, friends and fellow veterans honored Robert ‘Bobby’ Elesky Jr. at the National Cemetery in Eagle Point. Elesky was diagnosed with …

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A woman in Grants Pass is hoping to honor her late husband, while advocating for change after his untimely death. “He said they were burning everything, because the military didn’t want enemies attacking the base, didn’t want anything …

MEDFORD, Ore.– Honor Flights provides veterans a free trip to see the memorial sites in their honor in Washington D.C.. This year, due to the pandemic, no flights were able to take off. The flight director of Honor Flight of Oregon, Terry …

MEDFORD, Ore. – A local war veteran who lost everything in the Almeda Fire was thanked in a special way. 83-year-old Bill Shrader said he’s lived a roller coaster of a 2020. After losing all of his possessions to the fire, he …

MEDFORD, Ore., — An 89-year-old Korean War veteran lost everything in the Almeda fire. Now, Congressman Walden and other government officials are helping to replace what they can. One year before the deadly Almeda fire, veteran John Bromstead met Congressman Greg Walden …

MEDFORD, Ore. — It was a happy birthday from 6 feet away. Social distancing didn’t stop this Medford family from coming together on Wednesday for Colonel Frank Lee’s 100th birthday. “It’s amazing. I’ve never heard someone turn a hundred in my life,” …