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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Base Camp Community plans to convert office space in a 116-year-old building into housing units for sale below market rate. -
d’Elaine Johnson is gifting her estate — including about 1,500 pieces of art — to the college. The gift will go toward scholarships for art and horticulture. -
Fin de Fest will screen two films on Thursday and Friday this week at the Egyptian Theater in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
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The trophy is on a tour of North America, visiting Portland, Seattle and Bellevue before heading to Vancouver, British Columbia. -
President Trump wants to create a national list of eligible voters and bar ballots from being mailed to anyone who is not on it.
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An excited crowd gathered at the Museum of Flight in Seattle to watch the NASA rocket blast off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center base on Wednesday. -
Sound Transit trains will take passengers across Lake Washington starting Saturday. It’s the world’s first light rail train to cross a floating bridge, according to the agency. -
The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network said calls to its hotline came from across the state in 2025. In past years, those calls came mainly from specific counties. -
The shooting happened at a bus stop near the high school in January. Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes said the suspect is not a student at Rainier Beach High School.
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The Museum of Glass in Tacoma is undertaking a $25 million renovation. But first, it has to move a lot of expensive, extremely fragile glass.
