Annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down Nov. 6 at VAMC

The event located at the multipurpose building just east of the Wahlen VA Medical Center on 500 Foothill Dr. provides all kinds of social services for homeless veterans. We’ve also provided some information on other social services available for Veterans including a support group at the Sorenson Unity Center [...]

Nevada District Court Ruling Could Put Kibosh on Water Grab

A judge in Nevada’s seventh Judicial District overturned Nevada State Water Engineer Tracy Taylor’s decision approving large water diversions from Cave, Delmar, and Dry Lake Valleys. These diversions to Las Vegas would have been parlayed with Spring and Snake Valley, which of course is located mostly in Utah, but [...]

Public Records Request Reveals Utah Capitulation on Water Grab

The Great Basin Water Network in a recent public records request reveals that Utah’s position on the Vegas water grab changed when Nevada threatened to derail attempts to construct a Lake Powell pipeline to Washington County, Utah. Although it seems Utah initially insisted that the Snake Valley aquifer be split [...]

Duty to Develop Claims

Most Veterans probably wouldn’t believe it but the VA is actually supposed to be your friend when applying for disability benefits. This is in theory. The VA has the “duty to assist” in terms of helping Veterans develop their claims. The duty to assist requires VA to fully [...]

More Info on Ucarshare

The new car sharing program in SLC is off to a pretty good start with 400 participants and efforts to increase this number could make a dent in taking more cars off the road. Wanted to pass along information about the cost savings of participation. These savings are quite [...]

Former Democratic Senator Advocates for PTSD Treatment

Former Sen. Max Cleland (D., Ga.) has written a new book “Heart of a Patriot” about the importance of getting medical and/or mental health treatment for Veterans who need it. Senator Cleland himself lost his legs and one arm during the Vietnam War and had in fact returned to Walter [...]