"Fires were going, music was blasting, people using alcohol, selling stuff on the steps," said Nathaniel Fields, director of the city’s Office of Homeless Services. "And (library staff) were just like ...

During the month of May at the Spokane Library, the offer on the table was to bring in a canned food item and you could get your fines waived. Blowing their previous year’s total out of the water, the ...