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.
January 12, 2022: Lily Haight – One new death and 6 COVID hospitalizations; county declares winter weather state of emergency. (TRANSCRIPT) January 11, 2022: Carmen Jaramillo – Omicron will get worse before it gets better. (TRANSCRIPT) January 6, 2022: Simon Jaynes – PT schools meeting amid climbing COVID rates; hwy. 101 still closed betw. Hoodsport and Quilcene. (TRANSCRIPT) January 5, 2022: Lily Haight – Faber elected mayor; Sims Way poplars still controversial. (TRANSCRIPT) January 4, 2022: Carmen Jaramillo – Power outages plague south county; COVID-19 cases continue to rise dramatically. (TRANSCRIPT) December 30, 2021: Simon Jaynes – Frigid weather: health care worker shortages due to COVID-19 absences. (TRANSCRIPT) December 29, 2021: Lily Haight – 11 new COVID-19 cases; warming centers open during low-temperature days. (TRANSCRIPT) December 28, 2021: Carmen Jaramillo – Winter wonderland on the peninsula; large COVID-19 case spike. (TRANSCRIPT) December 23, 2021: Tim Quackenbush – Farewell to Mayor Sandoval; freezing temperatures ahead. (TRANSCRIPT) December 22, 2021: Lily Haight – 12 new COVID cases; city decriminalizes entheogens. (TRANSCRIPT)
