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The Daily World file photo People shelter with tarps and tents at an encampment on East River Street in Aberdeen last fall.

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Aberdeen homeless discussion: ‘Nobody’s going to fix this problem for us’

With shelter funding available, concerns remain over contracts, safety and ‘homeless utopia’

Bubbles foam in the fountain outside Aberdeen City Hall on March 19. Aberdeen City Council will meet for a workshop to discuss homelessness at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Aberdeen council to discuss potential homeless shelter project

Homeless committee has weighed pros and cons of applying for funds

The Daily World file photo Tanikka Watford, right, executive director of The Moore Wright Group, serves a guest at a warming shelter the group hosted in February 2023.

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Homelessness response groups brace for frigid conditions

Warming shelters open, cold weather survival items provided in preparation

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County will see $788K in eviction prevention funds next year

Grant-funded program to help families avoid eviction continues at same level

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Only one resident of about 10-15 remained in a homeless encampment area on Market Street in Aberdeen Thursday afternoon after a building owner filed a no trespass order, which applies to the storefronts and neighboring parking lots.

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No trespass order dissipates downtown homeless camp

About 10-15 people sheltered under awning and in storefronts on Market Street

Clayton Franke / The Daily World People shelter with tarps and tents at an encampment on East River Street in Aberdeen on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

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County warming shelter request goes unanswered

Commissioners likely to use homeless funds for hotel voucher, street outreach programs

Matthew N. Wells

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‘Charity is about helping people. That’s it.’

I volunteered on Tuesday night to help feed a faction of the Harbor’s homeless population. I won’t say…

Clayton Franke / The Daily World People shelter with tarps and tents at an encampment on East River Street in Aberdeen on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

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Officials emphasize need for homeless shelter

Aberdeen looks to county for help with homeless issue

For the last eight years, Chaplains on the Harbor has operated a temporary winter shelter at this church on Spokane Street in Westport. (Michael Lockett / The Daily World)

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Westport drafts rules for winter homeless shelter

Shelter operator expresses “great concern” for proposed regulations intended for public safety

Smoke coming from an abandoned building led to a fire department response Monday morning, which discovered a campfire on the first floor. Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World

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Fire department extinguishes campfire in empty building

A passerby saw smoke and called it in.

Clayton Franke / The Daily World The Aberdeen Public Works Department worked for much of the day Friday, March 10, to clear makeshift structures, debris and trash from the homeless camp on East River Street.

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Aberdeen performs major homeless camp cleanup

Residents temporarily displaced as city removes makeshift structures, provides new tents

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Rose Warne, second from left, and her husband, Skyler Warne, front right, receive haircuts from Pat Gordon and Laina Caldwell, respectively, at the Project Homeless Connect Event on Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Aberdeen Senior Center.

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Haircuts and helping hands: Project Homeless Connect Event provides services, coincides with Point In Time Count

Event at Aberdeen Senior Center drew roughly 150

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Janet, a Chaplains on the Harbor employee, prepares dinner Monday evening at the cold weather shelter in Westport.

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Cold weather shelters face hiccups and delays

Residents voice concern about public safety in Westport; other shelter site tabled