Area Veterans Go for Gold in National Wheelchair Games - Four Valley veterans, who are paralyzed, are on a quest for their own kind of Olympic gold and will compete in one of the world's premier events for disabled athletes later this month.

VA Physician and Nurse Honored by Medical Residents - Medical students and residents honing their skills as physicians honored two clinicians of the Carl T. VA Medical Center recently as Teacher of the Year and Nurse of the Year. Both have been chosen multiple years by the new doctors training through the Internal Medicine Residency Program operated jointly by the VA Medical Center (VAMC) and Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center as the top practitioners, teachers and mentors.