People wait outside for the St. Vincent de Paul warming shelter to open in Post Falls on Thursday.
January 19, 2025
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January 19, 2025 1:09 a.m.
Kootenai's County only warming center could exceed capacity as cold snap approaches
Area's only warming shelter could exceed capacity as cold snap approaches
The executive director of the nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho is worried that the shelter, with a capacity of 25 men and women and men and has been operating “dangerously close” to capacity, may have to turn people away as the coldest conditions of winter approach.