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(Airdate: April 10, 2026) Co-hosts Jim Burke and County Commissoner Heidi Eisenhour welcome Jeremy Williammee, Director of Jefferson County Department of Community Development (DCD). They talk about the latest iteration of The Comprehensive Plan which is a twenty-year plan required by state law, and is updated every ten years. Learn more: https://co.jefferson.wa.us/1708/2025-Periodic-Update
KPTZ”s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro welcomed Tara McCauley, executive director of the Jefferson County Historical Society and we talked about their new exhibit which opened this past weekend. The museum is located in historic Port Townsend City hall and is open Thursday thru Sunday from 11am till 4pm. There is a theme for the current exhibit and that is ‘home’. Tara is full of interesting stories, so listen in!
Our focus this month will be on South Jefferson County and the communities of Brinnon and Quilcene – and what our youth and young families are up to there. The Quilcene community is located at the head of Quilcene Bay, an arm of the seawater-filled glacial valley of Hood Canal. Brinnon sits south of Quilcene, on the west side of Hood Canal, on the eastern edge of the Olympic National Forest, and near the mouth of the Duckabush River. Our guest today is Anji Scalf, Youth and Family Empowerment Coordinator for 4-H with Washington State University Jefferson Extension – College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resources. Having been a rural youth and navigating many of the challenges modern kids are facing, youth and South County are a big part of her life.
KPTZ is excited to join the Quilcene Lantern in presenting a Swing Dance featuring Jonathan Doyle and Peter Flahiff on Thursday, April 16 at 6pm. Jonathan Doyle is a world renown musician and has put together an all-star Swing Band consisting of Conor Forsyth on piano, Matt Weiner on bass, and D’Vonne Lewis on drums. Peter Flahiff is a swing dance instructor who has been dancing since the early 90s and can count some of the world’s top dancers and instructors as his former students. Brought to you by KPTZ, join for this great night of hot music and dancing to warm you up for Swinging on the Sound, a celebration of Swing Dance taking place in Port Townsend, April 17-19.
(Reprise airdate: April 8, 2026) Please join Nature Now host Debaran Kelso as we welcome our special guest Peter Harrison. Peter is a world renown seabird expert, artist, and conservationist, and this week we will be speaking about writing and illustrating his beautiful new book Seabirds: The New Identification Guide. We end with exploring the world of the albatrosses, in anticipation of his upcoming public lecture sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center on March 30, 2025. This is Part 1 of a two-part program.
KPTZ is stoked to join Live Life Loud Presents for their next hardcore showcase at the Quilcene Lantern on Saturday, April 11 at 7pm featuring Tacos!, Key Party, and Kingtide. Tacos! is a heavy punk metal band from Seattle and Tacoma that preaches the gospel of eating tacos and listening to glistening tunes. Key Party is a mesmerizing noise punk band from Poulsbo. And Kingtide is a new 2-piece heavy punk band from Port Townsend, harkening to Fugazi, the Melvins, and Black Sabbath. Brought to you by KPTZ, come out and hang, breathe, and smile, and hug and rock out with us.
(Airdate: April 7, 2026) We’ve been visiting the ruins of the ancient city of Gaochang, 42 kilometers southeast of Turfan. On the way back to town we also visited the Astana Tombs, just north of the city. This ancient cemetery served as the burial site for both the elite and commoners from the Gaochang region between the 5th and 10th centuries. The extreme aridity of the area has kept the bodies buried there is a remarkable state of preservation….
