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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Disconnect Between Whitman Students and Local Homeless Population

Oliver Kaufman, News Reporter February 29, 2024

Despite the prevalence of homelessness in Walla Walla, Whitman remains fairly disconnected from the issue, according to first-year Madeline Langdon. Langdon has volunteered with Arts for Housing...

Whitman and Walla Walla respond to local homelessness

Nazaaha Penick, News Reporter November 17, 2022

The city of Walla Walla and Whitman College work to provide support to local homelessness, an issue that affects over 200 people in Walla Walla County. Citywide initiatives such as the Walla Walla Alliance...

The unspoken violence in shelters

Alanna Sherman, Columnist May 5, 2022

As of 2022, over half a million people in the United States are unhoused, with 18 per every 10,000 experiencing houselessness every day—even though there are more than 16 million vacant homes. In the...

Illustration by Elena Kaminskaia

The real victims of homelessness

Mat Chapin, Columnist October 9, 2019

People don't like seeing homelessness.  It makes them uncomfortable. It makes them feel unsafe. It lowers the value of their waterfront properties.  Does this make the middle class the true victims of...

Candidate Marilee McQuarrie. Photo by Taj Howe

City Council Candidates Address Housing Issues

Kate Grumbles, News Editor October 19, 2017

This Friday, Oct. 20, ballots go out for the election of three city council seats in Walla Walla county. The six candidates running for these seats have been reaching out to the community through various...

Getting off the road: residents of the Walla Walla homeless encampment spread positivity

Getting off the road: residents of the Walla Walla homeless encampment spread positivity

Nick Maahs, Staff Reporter March 2, 2017

Inside the “Getting Off the Road Homeless” Campground, campers are gathered around their fires as the sun slips below the horizon and the temperature drops. A man slices potatoes into a pan, remarking...

Homelessness in the 509

Homelessness in the 509

Nick Maahs, Staff Reporter February 23, 2017

The Walla Walla homeless encampment sits atop a small plot of land cordoned off with chain link fence, wrapped in green tarp to provide privacy. Roughly 40-50 people currently live at the Getting Off the...

Walla Walla Holds Voices of Youth Count

Andy Monserud, Investigative Director September 8, 2016
Walla Walla is participating in a nationwide study of youth homelessness led by the University of Chicago’s Chapin Hall Center for Children. The study’s supporters, including some Whitman students and alumni, hope that it will give Walla Walla a greater insight into the needs of its homeless population and how those needs can be served.
STEP Womens Shelter closing in December

STEP Women’s Shelter closing in December

Sara Platnick October 22, 2015
The STEP Women’s Shelter is closing down at the end of the year after serving the Walla Walla community for almost six years.

Letter to the Editor: Housing Alliance Consults With Community

September 30, 2015

To the Editor: In addition to legitimate differences of approach to the plight of increasing numbers of homeless in the Walla Walla area, it has often been claimed that those involved in the new Walla...

Madison Park Center Exposes Divisions in Approaches to Homelessness

Madison Park Center Exposes Divisions in Approaches to Homelessness

Andy Monserud, News Writer September 24, 2015
The Walla Walla Alliance for the Homeless expects to move forward with controversial plans to build a day center for Walla Walla’s homeless on Pine Street. Plans for the site, known as Madison Park, have angered some neighbors and received a lukewarm reception from others working to address homelessness in Walla Walla.

Pio Radio Hour Eight

Natalie Berg February 15, 2015

Today on the Pio Radio Hour: -An update about the Divest Whitman campaign from Natalie Berg. Read her story here: -A story about the prison rehabilitation process and the STAR Project, featuring...

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