Chelan County's annual point in time homeless count is happening this Thursday (January 26).
The event is part of a national effort to determine the number of homeless people within communities of all sizes throughout the country and provide them with much-needed support and services...
The 1200 block of South Columbia Avenue in Wenatchee is now free of tents, debris and garbage after being removed by Police and Public Works employees Tuesday Morning.
A congregation of homeless people had been living on a city right of way near the George Sellar Bridge for more than six months after being removed from land owned by the state Department of Transportation
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The number of unsheltered, or homeless people, in the Chelan-Douglas County area rose nearly 50% from the winter to the summer according to July count.
Wenatchee Housing Programs Coordinator Oliver Crain says it's the first time they've ever done a summer point-in-time count
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Chelan County is working on getting some housing for people with coronavirus who are either homeless, or transitioning out of the hospital and need a place to stay.
Commissioner Kevin Overbay says they have a few beds with the expectation that they can get up to at least 150 working with multiple vendors
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Walmart donated $1,000 to the Wenatchee Police Department this week as a way to help our area's homeless population.
According to the Department's Facebook page, Officers contact many people throughout patrol shifts who are homeless and in need of assistance...
Moses Lake Police say they are seeing a spike in homeless camps after a 9th Circuit Court ruling that prohibits cities from criminalizing camping or sleeping in open public spaces or sidewalks if there is no shelters in the city. Since the city doesn't offer a shelter, Chief Kevin Fuhr says they are unable to act on the city's curfew in parks...