Spokane Valley considers jail time for homelessness in parks overnight
Spokane Valley is taking another step toward mitigating the impacts of homelessness on its residents with an ordinance that ...
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Spokane Valley City Council could again make it a misdemeanor to be in city parks after hours
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Spokane Valley City Council had its first reading of an ordinance that would make it a misdemeanor to be ...
Spokane homeless navigation center struggles to make progress due to lack of beds
As temperatures drop in Spokane, its homeless residents are struggling to find safe places to sleep despite the city’s new ...
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‘Like a hamster wheel’: Spokane’s housing crisis is leaving people on the streets
SPOKANE, Wash. – The affordable housing crisis in Spokane is leaving many residents struggling to find a place to live. Nikolas Alltonen, who has been homeless since 2012, is one of those affected.
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Homelessness in Spokane by the numbers: A complex issue affecting everyone
The question of how many homeless people are in Spokane isn't as straightforward as it might seem. Recent data from the ...
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Spokane's largest homeless shelter is closing. There aren't enough places for its clients to go.
Bonnie McCoy has been living at the Trent Resource and Assistance Center, or TRAC, for two years. The 68-year-old came to ...
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The Trent Avenue shelter, once the backbone of Spokane’s homeless system, has closed
The Trent Avenue homeless shelter, which formed the backbone of former Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward’s approach to ...
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Spokane's scattered shelter system receives mixed responses
A few weeks after the City of Spokane shut down the TRAC shelter with over 200 beds, people are expressing mixed reactions to ...
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown discusses community safety initiatives and expands on CORE program results
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown will host a virtual townhall on Wednesday at 11 a.m. to discuss the "State of Community ...
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Thursday night's City of Spokane homeless roundtable focuses on illegal camping
but I'm homeless. It might take some time, but once you get to somebody, they can start helping you. That is the most important [thing], you got to get help first." In a City of Spokane press ...
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Spokane Valley proposes ordinance to make sleeping in parks a misdemeanor
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- Spokane Valley is attempting to crack ... we have outreach teams, we have a dedicated homeless ...
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Spokane City Council schedules two more homelessness roundtables, one more town hall for this year
SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane City Council ... The City said the purpose of the events is to review homeless-related ordinances. The events are also meant to "educate, gather input and feedback ...