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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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.
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Seattle Theatre Group said it's canceling THING Festival’s Latin Day, which was scheduled for August 16 at Remlinger Farms in Carnation, Washington.
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The nonprofit that puts on the festival said they considered scaling down the festival, but that the risk and potential trauma associated with that risk was too great. -
Immigrant advocacy groups tracking deportation flights say the number of ICE detainees flying out of King County has already surpassed last year’s total.
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The project builds off Shaudi Bianca Vahdat's thesis she started in 2017 while at the Berklee School of Music in Valencia, Spain. -
Washington State's newly converted hybrid-electric Wenatchee ferry could start taking passengers between Seattle and Bainbridge Island as soon as next week.
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The paintings are part of an effort to attract more people to the area and make the sidewalks and empty storefronts in Seattle's downtown core more inviting. -
There are big changes happening at the Grand Cinema in Tacoma, the only nonprofit theater in Pierce County.
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Search and Rescue is reminding people to take enough food, water and supplies on any hike.
