Donna Gerken is readying to celebrate her 81st birthday homeless, along with her 77-year-old husband Ernie Gerken.

SPOKANE, Wash. — It's a striking statistic out of a new study – the number of homeless students in Spokane has doubled between 2012 and 2017. Taking a closer look at those numbers released by The ...

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. — One week after Spokane introduced a camping ban, police have given out 83 citations, and fewer than 10 people have gone to jail. The goal of these new rules is to clear the streets ...

Nov. 8—Robed in two sweaters and a rain coat, Blain Blaire clutched two crumpled cigarettes for sale next to Shalom Ministries on Friday afternoon. The church doesn't offer its free meals on Fridays, ...

In Spokane, homelessness has been on local streets and minds for years, and either Spokane City Council incumbent Zack Zappone or newcomer Christopher Savage will be elected to help address the ...

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 city’s new model ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Union Gospel Mission served a prime rib dinner to 300 guests on Christmas Eve. Everyone was welcome.

SPOKANE, Wash. — You can help someone who is experiencing homelessness this year just by buying a Christmas tree. Christmas trees will be available for purchase in "Trees for Hope" lots from the Adult ...

With the next homeless count approaching at the end of January, that's exactly what the city has tried to do. Staffers have spent the last few months radically reinventing the way Spokane tallies the ...

The city of Spokane will significantly increase the number of homeless outreach staff it pays for this year, after approving $160,000 from unappropriated reserves to fund four full-time positions ...

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the city of Spokane, Washington, on Thursday, alleging that its anti-camping laws violate the state constitution. It is believed to be the country's first such ...