Freddy Monares
Arts & Culture ReporterFreddy Monares has covered politics, housing inequalities and Native American communities for a newspaper and a public radio station in Montana. He grew up in East Los Angeles, California, and moved to Missoula, Montana, in 2015 with the goal of growing in his career. Get in touch at fmonares@knkx.org.
Outside of work, Freddy enjoys hikes, bike rides and trying new restaurants. He is excited to learn from and get to know the people at KNKX and in the Pacific Northwest.
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In Washington, many individual public schools have cellphone policies, but there is no broad ban coming from the state. Some educators have been pushing for one. -
Kameirah Johnson is a senior at Lakeside School in North Seattle. Her digital artwork won over thousands of other submissions. -
A new law passed by the state Legislature in 2025 allows outdoor drinking areas at businesses and events, such as concerts or World Cup watch parties.
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World Cup matches are expensive. A new program led by the City of Seattle will distribute free tickets for young people and their caretakers. -
Believed to be the first Black and first Native female pilot in the U.S., Coleman is now the focus of the musical "Aviatrix," running at Seattle Public Theater through June 7. -
Fremont's George and Dragon Pub has been around for more than 30 years. It stopped serving alcohol on May 1, after one of its permits expired. The timing couldn't be worse. -
Employees delivered a letter to CEO Scott Stulen and the museum's board of trustees. Among their requests are better wages and improved healthcare and retirement benefits.
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Seattle Art Museum recently welcomed more work from renowned artist Ai Weiwei. A dozen new sculptures more than 10 feet tall have been installed at the Olympic Sculpture Park. -
In April, officials with the Greenwood theater found out two of the three AC units had been destroyed. The theater has since raised nearly $300,000 to replace the system. -
Adidas has designed a new ball for each FIFA World Cup since 1970. Some of those have been controversial. So why change the ball instead of sticking to one that works?
