KNKX Public Radio

08/23/2025

Have you attended the Earshot Jazz Festival before? KNKX music reporter Alexa Peters is looking to speak with some past attendees! If you are either:

a) someone who has attended the annual festival many times over the years or
b) someone who attended for the first time in the last couple years

Please contact us at [email protected] 🎷🎶🥁

08/22/2025

New data confirms that far fewer Canadians are making trips south. Canadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% drop from the same month in 2024.

Canadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% decline over the same month in 2024, according to Statistics Canada.

08/22/2025

Polyrhythmics pursue musical evolution from within the groove

As Seattle's Polyrhythmics get set to release their new album Life from Below in September, they celebrated early with a set in the KNKX studios.

08/22/2025

Pierce County launches initiative to build a new youth detention center

Remann Hall has stood in Pierce County for decades serving as its juvenile justice and detention complex. Now, local leaders say it has out lived its usefulness.

08/21/2025

Monthly vocal jazz series comes to historic Seattle hotel

Until December, Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association presents a jazz series at the storied Panama Hotel in Seattle's Japantown-Nihonmachi district.

08/21/2025

Washington state is the nation's top wheat exporting state — about 90% of the dryland wheat grown here is trucked or shipped by river barge to West Coast ports. Wheat growers who rely on these exports are growing increasingly nervous about retaliatory tariffs.

As President Trump's tariffs kick in, American companies that rely on imports are worried about rising costs and passing them on to consumers. But some U.S. exporters are worried too.

08/20/2025

Mount Rainier looks less snowy as climate change melts glaciers worldwide

Views of the Puget Sound region’s iconic mountain are darker, showing signs of climate change.

08/20/2025

Amanda Knox joins forces with Monica Lewinsky to bring her story to television

Amanda Knox was just 20 years old in 2007 when her British roommate was found dead in their apartment. A new Hulu series dramatizes the story of her wrongful murder conviction.

08/19/2025

More public art expected in Seattle ahead of 2026 World Cup

The paintings aren't related to soccer, instead they touch on themes such as equality, human rights and environmental sustainability.

08/18/2025

Washington's hydropower has created a data center boom. Some are concerned about its future.

In small town Washington — where hydropower is plentiful — data centers are creating jobs and funding amenities. But water and energy aren't unlimited — and some worry about long-term sustainability.