SPOKANE, Wash. — Food insecurity is rising in Spokane County for the first time in years.
According to new data collected by Spokane County, around 13% of people living in Spokane County faced food insecurity from 2018 to 2022, up from 10% from 2017 to 2021.
The rate of food insecurity is even higher among young people, which went from 13% to 19% during the same time period…