Mayowa Aina
Special Projects ReporterMayowa Aina is the special projects reporter at KNKX.
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Fire broke out at the Islamic Center of Tacoma on Oct. 11, just before evening prayers were about to start. The incident, which is being investigated as arson, has taken the community by surprise. -
Giant pumpkins are a fixture of the fall. And this year the certified giant-est one belongs to Jeff Uhlmeyer, a retired Washington State DOT pavement engineer from Olympia.
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Voters across Washington state should start seeing their ballots arriving in the mail in the next few days. And, while local elections tend to be relatively quiet, there are some interesting and consequential races on the ballot this year.
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A new bill signed by the City of Seattle will allow the Seattle Storm to build their own practice facility. The four-time WNBA champions currently practice at Seattle Pacific University.
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The Tacoma Film Festival kicked off in downtown Tacoma Thursday. The festival will show 17 feature films and more than 150 short films by filmmakers from all over the world, including dozens from across the Pacific Northwest.
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During World War II, more than 7,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in a prison camp in Puyallup. Now, a sculpture reflecting that history will stand outside the Puyallup library.
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Writers, artists, poets, a virologist, activists and filmmakers are among the 25 luminaries named as this year’s MacArthur fellows. Meet Don Mee Choi and Trevor Bedford, two Seattle residents who received the so-called "genius grants."
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COVID-19The good news is COVID-19 hospitalizations in Washington are trending down. That’s according to the Washington State Hospital Association. The bad news: COVID deaths are on the rise. And flu season is on the horizon.
