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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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrel wants to add nearly $12 million to food access programs. That’s after a recent University Washington study highlighted the success of the city’s Fresh Bucks program.
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Staff at a museum in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood claim there’s a lack of leadership at the organization that makes it difficult for them to do their jobs.
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Coffeetón exclusively plays Spanish music, providing a space for Seattle residents to feel connected to their Latin roots. -
Washington residents who survived incarceration in Japanese concentration camps in the 1940s are urging elected officials to push back against the Trump Administration's immigration enforcement actions.
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The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and producers of the music fest, Bumbershoot, are working together to operate Cannonball Arts on 3rd Avenue.
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The paintings aren't related to soccer, instead they touch on themes such as equality, human rights and environmental sustainability. -
More than a dozen bronze statues in Seattle have been vandalized or stolen since 2020. There's an effort underway to replace the beloved Sadako and the Thousand Cranes statue. -
The new rented space is actually smaller than the previous headquarters, but its layout will allow the birding nonprofit to put on events that happened offsite or didn't exist. -
According to a poll ahead of the Aug. 5 primary, worker's advocate Katie Wilson is giving the incumbent a run for his money.
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About one out of every five workers in Washington State was born in another country. Labor organizers say federal immigration enforcement actions are making it difficult to recruit new members.
