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  • We want to help area teachers share information about Veterans Day.

    Veterans Day Teachers Resource Guide

  • After being told he was dying, Roy Clifton chose Sheridan VA for hospice care. Thanks to expert wound care, he recovered and will reunite with his spouse of 73 years.

    Korean War Air Force Veteran Roy Clifton sits in his room at the community living center of the Sheridan VA Medical Center in Sheridan, Wy.

  • In honor of International Overdose Awareness Month, VA pharmacist, Ann Byrd takes time to shed some light on the use of Narcan (naloxone hydrochloride) as a treatment for overdose. (As shared in a guest column in the Sheridan Press August 9, 2025.)

    close up of woman's hands drawing medicine from a vial with a syringe

  • Semper Gumby. Phonetic: SEM-per GUM-bee. Phrase: always flexible. From the Latin, “semper,” which means always, and “gumby,” which implies flexible (adapted from a blocky green humanoid character made of clay and popularized in the 1950s television series: “The Gumby Show.”)

    Older woman and man navigating an application on a laptop at a dining table

  • Army Veteran, author and business-owner Elizabeth A. Estabrooks will join others at an event for women Veterans taking place in Casper, Wyoming.

    Author Elizabeth Estabrooks will be a speaker for a Women Veterans event August 2 in Casper, Wyoming.

  • Hopefully your answer is “no”, however, more and more may answer “yes” as the largest outbreak this country has seen in decades, continues.

    Microscopic closeup of measles.

  • Know what it's like to go to an event and feel overwhelmed by the amount of people? Introverts definitely do. That’s me, Kristina, a Navy Veteran. Still, I have an invitation to share. (Remember this comes from someone who prefers the cozy corners of events, where genuine conversations happen.)

    Sheridan and Cheyenne VA staff invite women Veterans to an event August 2 in Casper, Wyoming.

  • My first car was a 1967 Ford Galaxy 500. It was older than I was when I drove it in high school in northern California in the late ‘80s. And, yes, I once hit triple digits on the speedometer while racing down Interstate 680 near Oakland.

    woman driving car with man in passenger seat.

  • Veterans and their families joined the Rock Springs VA Clinic team in celebrating what will be a new clinic location during a groundbreaking ceremony held by project contractor The Avens Group, along with the general contactor Shepard Construction.

    A one story building with an entrance and parking lot with people heading in and out from parking lot with cars and one assisted in a wheelchair

  • It is National Volunteer Week and our team joins with VAs across the nation to thank all volunteers for their support of our Veterans.

    Hands being raised with the word Volunteer above them.