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KPTZ provides local news coverage at noon and again at 5pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Archived Local News reports are available here soon after initial broadcast each day.  The Attention, Please! news interviews debut at noon every Monday and repeats at 5pm.

  • May 28, 2025: Rachel Perkins – PT Paper Mill and water supply – through history to today. (TRANSCRIPT)
  • May 27, 2025: Charlie Bermant – Local Medicaid funding threatened; downtown parking still a hot issue. (TRANSCRIPT)
  • May 22, 2025: Diane Walker – Suspicious fires on Cape George Road; Olympic Peninsula Time Bank opens. (TRANSCRIPT)
  • May 21, 2025: Nigel O’Shea – Encouraging local kelp farming. (TRANSCRIPT)
  • May 20, 2025: Charlie Bermant – Paid parking coming to Quimper Merchantile and Don’s. (TRANSCRIPT)
  • May 15, 2025: Diane Walker – Rhody events this week; Key City Theatre loses funding. (TRANSCRIPT)
  • May 14, 2025: Nhatt Nichols – Olympic Forest Defenders sit in a PA tree; Quilcene school board votes on trans students. (TRANSCRIPT)
  • May 13, 2025: Charlie Bermant – Local election slates are set for Jefferson Healthcare and the city. (TRANSCRIPT)
  • This is KPTZ 91.9 FM in Port Townsend, Washington. I’m Taylor Clark with your local news and commentary for Thursday, May 8, 2025.  For today’s news, we will be hearing report by Willie Bence, Director of the Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management from the Monday County Commissioners meeting.   I’ve had to edit this slightly for length, but we will include the unedited version on our website at kptz.org.   SO… Here’s Willie Bence answering a KPTZ listener question about the situation with FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

  • May 7, 2025: Nigel OShea – Toxin levels up in Anderson Lake; Fred Obee running for City Council. (TRANSCRIPT)