(Airdate: December 8, 2023) Taylor Clark and co-host Kate Dean talked with two passionate advocates of alternative transportation: Dave Thielk and Scott Walker (both are with the T-Lab at Local 2020) about what we can do, policy wise, to reduce our transport related greenhouse gas emissions.

(Airdate: December 1, 2023) Guest host Taylor Clark spoke with Mark McCauley, Jefferson County Administrator and Judy Shepherd, Jefferson County Finance Manager about the county budget process. The biannual budget will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners this Monday, December 4. This is the end of a process that began in October. Listen in to find out more about how the budget is created.

(Airdate: November 24, 2023) Jim Burke and co-host Heidi Eisenhour spoke with Scott Mauk, Supertendent at Chimacum Schools, and Jeff Jones, Director of Chimacum Teen Center.

(Airdate: November 17, 2023) Jim Burke and his co-host County Commisioner Kate Dean spoke with John Vezina, Director of Planning, Customer, and Government Relations at Washington State Ferries.

(Airdate: October 27, 2023) Jim Burke‘s co-host was County Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour. Their guests are John Bellow of Spring Rain Farm, Nichole Witham of Chimacum Farm Stand, and Amanda Millholland of Jefferson County Farmer’s Markets. They talked about the “end of the growing season” which really never ends.

(Airdate: October 13, 2023) County Connections with Jim Burke and County Commissioner co-host, Greg Brotherton are joined by Phil Cecere, the Jefferson County Fire Marshall and Building Official. They talk about a hearing that is still open about the adoption of the new building codes, the new fire inspection program, and other amendments to our code. Phil will talk about the International Building Code and how it meshes with local code, and the delays and litigation that have been pushing back the implementation of the new 2021 code.

(Airdate: October 6, 2023) Co-hosts Jim Burke and County Commissioner Kate Dean welcome Nurse Practitioners Susan O’Brien and Melinda Bower who work at Jefferson County Public Health in Schools and the main Clinic in The QFC center. They discuss community outreach and healthcare for children, teens, and adults, and especially sexual and reproductive health.

(September 23, 2023) This week’s County Connections features Jim Burke, co-host, County Administrator Mark McCauley, and County Treasurer Stacy Prada discussing the 2024- 25 biennial budget for Jefferson County.

(Airdate: July 21, 2023) Jim Burke and co-host Jefferson County Commissioner Greg Brotherton spoke with Nicole Gauthier, General Manager of Jefferson Transit, and Debbie Jahnke of the Transit Advisory Group (TAG) about busses and transit in Jefferson County.

(Airdate: July 14, 2023) Greg Brotherton zoomed in from Andrea’s Beauty and Barber in Quilcene (where he was getting his hair cut) to talk with KPTZ guest host Taylor Clark about sewer systems (this seems to be a favorite topic for Taylor) as well as upcoming community meetings: July 19 at the Tri-Area Community Center, August 18 in Gardiner, September 8 in Brinnon, Sep14 in Quilcene, and October 6 at the Hoh Tribal Center, all at 6pm. They also talked about the PUD fiber project and made a plea for civil community dialogue. Closing Music was “Please Don’t Let me be Misunderstood”.