Half of the homeless people in Spokane aren’t from here and should be given bus tickets home, more strictly enforced by police and cut off from long-term services, according to a recent report ...

The city of Spokane may delay a local funding opportunity for behavioral health and homelessness service providers as the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane is set to begin its annual "Point in Time" count of homeless individuals in the region tomorrow. This count is crucial for obtaining federal funding to support programs that ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Eight hours a day, seven days a week, homeless outreach teams are in every corner of Spokane. The teams have been active for nearly two months, connecting with the unhoused under the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — As Spokane's only Navigation Center shuts its doors on February 26, one man pulls three shopping carts toward Sunset Boulevard. The makeshift caravan, teetering on toppling. Behind ...

It will soon be illegal in Spokane for an employer to ask a prospective employee if they’re homeless or reject their application solely because they do not have a permanent address. The Spokane City ...

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SPOKANE, Wash. — The City of Spokane says its new street outreach teams have cleared nearly 100 homeless encampments around the city within the first 10 days of the program's start. The city says the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Washington State Supreme Court said the city of Spokane does not have the authority to enforce the homeless camping ban passed by voters in 2023. In November 2023, two-thirds of ...

Behind the Burlington Coat Factory on Broadway Avenue, Robbie endures the extreme cold after the first significant snowfall in Spokane Valley. Wearing sweats and gloves, and clutching the wool blanket ...