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KPTZ is thrilled to join the Quilcene Lantern in welcoming the Sons of Rainier, along with local favorites Uncle Daddy and the Playful Pets, on Thursday, February 26 at 6pm at the Quilcene Lantern. The Sons of Rainier hail from the great PNW, and create easy-going alt-folk for hard times. Their music has found its way into the permanent library of hobos, widows, fry cooks, and fancy pants alike. This show will feature a honkytonk dance and local band Uncle Daddy and the Playful Pets. Brought to you by KPTZ and the Quilcene Lantern, don’t forget your cowboy boots!
(Airdate: February 24, 2026) We’re in Xinjiang Province, 50 kilometers east of Turfaan, in a gorge in the Flaming Mountains in a place called Bezeklik. Bezeklik is a Uyghur word for what we call “art gallery.” It was in fact a repository of Buddhist art, and until 1905 it had pretty much been forgotten. The man who rediscovered its treasure was the German archeologist Albert von Le Coq.
(Airdate: February 23, 2026 – Captain Edward Sims) – Who is Sims Way named for?
(Airdate: February 23, 2026) Key City Public Theatre, in the persons of actress Maritess Zurbano, Kat Agudo, assistant director, and Gabs Nathanson, stage manager, invite listeners to “I Love You, I Miss You, I’m Glad You’re Gone”. Then, for Empty Bowl Press, Holly Hughes and John Pierce present their recent book, “Waveshock”.
(Airdate: February 20, 2026) Jim Burke and Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour welcome Laura Tucker, Education and Outreach Specialist with JeffCo Sold Waste, and Phil Sonne, a member of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee. The discussion centers on upcoming changes to Solid Waste and Recycling programs here in Jefferson County, coming up April 1. There is a two-page flyer about these changes in everyone’s electric bill this month, and anyone can access it by going to
jeffersoncountysolidwaste.com/
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined by Port Townsend Director of Public Works Steve King. We covered the history of the Port Townsend water system, the current lease with the mill, water conservation issues as well as the upcoming process that the city will be doing to adjust water rates for next year. Factoid… the in-stream-flow minimum for the Little Quilcene River is 27 CFS which must be maintained for salmon!
(Airdate: February 18, 2026) Join Jackie Canterbury as she talks with
Paul Koberstein, an award-winning environmental journalist and the
co-author of the book Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the
Great North American Temperate Rainforest. Join us today as we weave
together the relationship between salmon and our coastal temperate
rainforest. The Pacific Northwest was built on the relationship
between salmon and forests. The big takeaway: salmon don’t just swim
through our forest streams, salmon feed the forests, year after year,
century after century.
