Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Homeless return to their camp after receiving cups of jambalaya soup and hot barbecue beef sandwiches from “Mr. Terry” Hayes’ “Da ...

The bill comes after the 2024 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which held that local ...

As a homeless outreach worker, I've witnessed first hand the misinformed and ridiculous policies our current City Council have proposed and implemented to address homelessness in Tacoma. The camping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Motorhome and travel trailers are seen in a Pierce Transit park and ride lot bordering State Route 16 in Tacoma on April 19, 2023.

HB 2489 would bar local penalties for life-sustaining acts unless shelter exists. Local ordinances that criminalize camping displace people and increase public costs. Lawmakers urge shelter, housing ...

The percentage of Tacoma’s homeless population that reports coming from outside the city grew from 2024 to this year, according to data from Pierce County’s annual survey of people living unhoused.

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department maintains the staffing changes will not impact the planned rollout of the program. In October 2024, TPCHD and the City of Tacoma announced the Street ...