Flathead Warming Center

A Flathead Valley homeless shelter has settled its lawsuit against Kalispell for revoking its permit. The Kalispell City Council effectively closed the Flathead Warming Center’s doors to overnight guests.

It’s been a week since a Kalispell homeless shelter reopened its doors for overnight stays. A judge ruled the shelter can operate while the larger case over its permit plays out. Montana Public Radio’s Aaron Bolton talked to people benefiting from a warm bed.

A homeless shelter in Kalispell has reopened its doors after the city shut it down earlier this year. A judge ruled that the shelter can operate while the court case over the city’s actions plays out.

Homeless people in Kalispell say they could freeze to death on the streets this winter after city officials closed a warming shelter. The shelter is suing the city to reopen before the snow flies.

A homeless shelter in Kalispell is taking the city to court after the city council revoked its permit to operate. The shelter’s lawyers expect this to be an important case nationally.

The Flathead Valley will not have a homeless shelter this winter. The Kalispell City Council voted Monday to revoke a local shelter’s permit to operate.

The Kalispell City Council will vote on whether or not the Flathead Warming Center will be permitted to stay open.

The Kalispell City Council is set to vote July 16th on whether to revoke a local homeless shelter’s permit.

About two-thirds of those who were kicked off state Medicaid rolls lost it for technical reasons like incorrectly filling out paperwork. That’s one of the highest procedural disenrollment rates nationwide, according to an analysis.

Flathead County commissioners have penned an open letter asking city councils in the area to reject the empowerment of "the homeless lifestyle," and to deny permits to build or expand homeless shelters. Advocates for homeless people are pushing back.