I spent the day inside the largest homeless encampment in Washington State—right here in Olympia, the city with the highest per-capita homelessness rate in the entire state. The scale of this place is staggering, It’s easily the second-largest encampment I’ve seen anywhere in the country. I often focus on Oregon’s radical policies, but Washington is every bit as dysfunctional. A woman living in the camp told me, without hesitation, that people here are absolutely being enabled. She’s dying from

As winter temperatures drop, Roanoke’s network of existing homeless services has helped reduce the region’s homeless population by 3.2%, while a new task force develops plans for future initiatives. Read more: https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2025/12/12/roanokes-hope-and-home-task-force-working-to-present-new-strategies-in-spring-2026/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wsls10 | WSLS 10 / WSLS.com