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Yakima attorney Rob Case filed the appeal Monday on behalf of 12 property owners near the building at 1702 Englewood Avenue.

Since November officials from Transform Yakima Together have been operating the winter shelter in that building but now they want to keep it open on a permanent basis.

A press release from Yakima Neighborhood Health Services says those who use the shelter will check-in at Rod’s House between 5pm and 7pm to have dinner. At 8pm they will be transported to Englewood Christian Church at 511 north 44th avenue to stay until morning.

Yakima City Council will consider two proposals related to homeless shelters at its regular business meeting tomorrow night.

SEATTLE (AP) — Rough tallies of Washington's homeless population showed an increase in the number of people living outdoors or in shelters and transitional housing, despite efforts to reduce homelessness. The Seattle Times reports that surveys conducted in five of the six most populous counties in January showed a jump of 3...

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle nonprofit that converts unused buildings into temporary shelters for women, children and families who are homeless will have a permanent home at Amazon's new headquarters building. Mary's Place said in a news release Wednesday that Amazon will donate over 47,000 square feet of space in the downtown building for what will be called Mary's Place Family Shelter...

SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen will donate $30 million toward the development of a new housing facility for people who are homeless in Seattle. The gift will help cover design and construction costs for Mercy Housing Northwest, a local nonprofit that will operate the facility...

Yakima's homeless could soon be able stay on an acre of land just east of town. The Yakima City Council approved a new location Tuesday for a homeless encampment. The city-owned site is a one-acre lot east of Interstate 82 and next to the Yakima waste water treatment facility...

SEATTLE (AP) — Two men have been charged with raping teenage girls at Seattle's homeless encampments. The Seattle Times reports 27-year-old James J.A. Walker was arrested Saturday and charged Thursday with rape of a child he allegedly lured to his tent with the promise of drugs...

YAKIMA (AP) — Officials have identified a body found in the Yakima River in southern Washington as a 25-year-old man who had been missing for several months. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports Skyler Pourier's body was found Sunday. He is believed to have died around the time he was reported missing in September...