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Mountain Valor receives $30,000 grant during third annual festival

Mountain Valor receives $30,000 grant during third annual festival

This year's festival marked the first time Appalachian Power sponsored Mountain Valor Fest, and during Saturday's ceremony Appalachian Power Foundation announced its first grant to Mountain Valor Veteran Services: a $30,000 award.

Veteran's Voice: 'When Surgery Hits: What Happens to Your Income, and What Help Is Actually Available at Home'

Veteran's Voice: 'When Surgery Hits: What Happens to Your Income, and What Help Is Actually Available at Home'

VA health care and VA disability compensation are two separate systems, and understanding the difference matters before you're lying in a hospital bed trying to figure it out.

Veteran's Voice: 'TRICARE, CHAMPVA, or VA Health Care? Who Qualifies, and What Happens When Medicare Joins the Mix'

Veteran's Voice: 'TRICARE, CHAMPVA, or VA Health Care? Who Qualifies, and What Happens When Medicare Joins the Mix'

Three questions come up more than any others: what happens to your health care once you turn 65, who you're supposed to notify after an ER visit, and whether there's any health coverage for your spouse or kids. Good news: all three have a clear answer once you know which program applies to you.

Veteran's Voice: 'What Veteran Families Need to Know About VA Burial Benefits'

Veteran's Voice: 'What Veteran Families Need to Know About VA Burial Benefits'

When a veteran dies, the family left behind is often navigating grief and logistics at the same time. The paperwork, the phone calls, the decisions: all of it arrives at once, at the worst possible moment.

Veteran's Voice: 'Money Left on the Table: VA Pension, Aid and Attendance, and Survivors Pension'

Veteran's Voice: 'Money Left on the Table: VA Pension, Aid and Attendance, and Survivors Pension'

Most veterans we talk to have heard of disability compensation. Far fewer have heard of VA Pension.

Veteran's Voice: Education Benefits Every Military Family Should Know

Veteran's Voice: Education Benefits Every Military Family Should Know

If there's a veteran in your household or you're a dependent of one, there are education benefits available that many families never find out about. Too many families have college-age kids, a qualifying veteran, and no idea any of this existed.

Veteran's Voice: 'Community Is the First Line of Prevention Against Veteran Suicide'

Veteran's Voice: 'Community Is the First Line of Prevention Against Veteran Suicide'

In a small community, we tend to assume we know when someone is struggling. Sometimes we do, but just as often, people pull back quietly. They stop coming to events, stop answering messages, stop showing up in the places where we are used to seeing them. Life gets busy, seasons