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EDITORIAL: The area's only warming shelter needs help

| January 22, 2025 1:00 AM

This is not a time to sleep outside overnight. Not with single-digit temperatures on the way. Such conditions are life threatening. Yet, some may have no choice. 

Officials with St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho fear the nonprofit’s warming shelter in Post Falls may reach capacity soon. That capacity is only 25. It’s been close. Beyond that, the shelter can’t accept more guests, which could leave some without a roof over their heads and out in the cold. Right now, the cold could threaten someone's life.

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