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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Prompted by a surge in homelessness, the Springfield City Council will consider an ordinance that would allow churches and other facilities to provide shelters.
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NAMPA — The Nampa Chamber of Commerce luncheon turned into a frenzy of blanket-tying Wednesday as busy fingers knotted together the loose ends on more than 170 gifts of warmth for local residents in need. Chamber members and visitors cleared their lunch tables and spread out two large sections of fleece with 3-inch-long, inch-wide cuts on their edges. Like North Pole elves, 370 pairs of hands ...
To the 55 people who call Nickelsville home, escapes from the bone-chilling temperatures are few and far in between. "And at night, when you're in your tent, the condensation turns to icicles," said one resident.
PERRIS16 percent water rate hike OK'd Perris water customers will see their water rates jump about 16 percent next year. The city water district will also more than double rates for "excessive" usage. The Perris City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pass down the rising water costs that the city is paying regional supplier, Eastern Municipal Water District.
Editor's Note: Hunger gnaws. Pain is acute. Shame is seen.
After a controversial stay in Burbank, an L.A. County-funded winter homeless shelter recently returned to downtown Glendale. Should the shelter have stayed in Burbank?
The five story brick row house housing Rosie's Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women in Boston, MA for the past 34 years, is given a second chance through a Penetron Admix Enhanced Shotcrete exterior protection system.
Egan Warming Center sites depend on the assistance of volunteers throughout the community to help staff and operate the shelters.
Heartland Humane offers housing to displaced pets whose owners are homeless, in crisis
Frisco gets a chance Dec. 15 to support the community’s neediest families while enjoying a good meal at area restaurants. “Feed Frisco” is the first of a planned annual event to fight hunger by raising money to help local families.
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