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Shalom Ministries serves free meals again after its August closing

Ricco Gonzalez has been homeless in Spokane for five years. When Shalom Ministries closed in August, he said, "I was wondering how we were gonna eat."

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Shalom is back after decades of downtown meals

82,000
meals served last year
32 years
of downtown meal service
About 200
meals served Friday

Sources: The Spokesman-Review, NonStop Local KHQ

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Shalom Ministries is serving free meals in Spokane again

Plus, Pullman and East Valley are headed to the 2A playoffs, and today is Election Day.

The TLDR

  1. Shalom Ministries serves free meals again, about 200 on Friday
  2. Pullman and East Valley clinch 2A playoff spots in a tiebreaker
  3. Election Day: ballots must be submitted before 8 p.m.
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