Under a 2025 state Supreme Court ruling, public defenders across Washington must reduce their caseloads by about 10% each year until 2036.

A recent spike in citations driven by Spokane's new homelessness laws comes at a "critical moment" when public defenders are ...

A Spokane man was found guilty of 1st Degree Assault after a jury confirmed he set a homeless man on fire, causing burns to ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – The 2025 Longitudinal Systems Analysis (LSA) report shows a decrease in individuals exiting services and re-entering homelessness. In 2025, Spokane Homeless services helped less ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The entrance doors to Spokane City Hall are seen. Photo: Tim Clouser / The Center Square (The Center Square) - Spokane leaders ...

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 ...

A new homeless shelter opened in north Spokane last week to provide shelter and treatment for LGBTQ+ people. The Aurora Center, located at North Hills Christian Church, 4620 N. Post St., is open 24 ...

SPOKANE — Volunteers across Spokane County are conducting the annual Point in Time Count this week, surveying people experiencing homelessness as part of a federally required initiative that helps ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The City of Spokane has opened a new homeless shelter for LGBTQ+ individuals in a North Hill church – a move that, so far, the congregation and a member of the area’s neighborhood ...

Two residents at North Point Village are handmaking hats to donate to homeless veterans facing the winter months in Spokane. North Point Village says Donna makes the hats on her loom, then passes them ...

(The Center Square) - Spokane leaders attributed an 11% decrease in the number of people accessing city-funded homelessness services last year to programs that their dataset didn’t measure. According ...