Local News for 6/14/24
Brewocracy Now ~ 6/13/24
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined by Laura Parsons, Civil Engineer with the City of Port Townsend along with Danny Milholland from the Production Alliance. Laura is the Project Manager for the Discovery Road project and Danny has been planning a big ribbon cutting event to celebrate the project. The event starts at 2pm this Saturday, June 15 and the ribbon will be cut just after 2:30. Ride your bike up and join in!
Local News for 6/13/24
God is Pissed Off
(Airdate: June 13, 2024) Who Wouldn’t Be?
#675 What Your Food Ate, part 1
(Reprise airdate: June 12, 2024) Join Nan Evans as she talks with scientists and authors, David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, about their recent book What Your Food Ate. This book deepens and broadens that old adage that “we are what we eat” by exploring how the health of soil ecosystems form the roots of a complex dynamic that determines the health of crops, livestock, and ultimately human communities.
Local News for 6/12/24
Local News for 6/11/24
Silk
(Airdate: June 11, 2024) We just finished paying our respects to the Buddha’s finger bone at Ramen Temple. The finger bone, we noticed, was pointing west and we followed as it far as the next town of Xianyang, where we hired a three-wheeler to take us to the shrine of the Duke of Zhou….
Our Working Waterfront ~ 6/11/24
Each month, KPTZ’s Chris Bricker along with co-hosts Eron Berg, Port of Port Townsend’s Director, and Port Commissioner Pam Petronek, bring you news, updates and stories surrounding our vibrant maritime community. This month, historic Hollywood shines its spotlight on our boatyard with a visit from the brigantine staysail schooner, s/v Destiny. She’s been on the hard for repairs and further customization before she slips back in the water early June. Eron briefs us on goings-on around our busy Port, then Chris and Pam talk with the vessel’s new owner Tom Helton and the Shipwright Co-Op’s Dave Griswold about Destiny’s colorful history and the current repairs and modifications that are underway. Tom shares his plans for high seas adventures soon to become a become a reality. If Preston Sturges, Humphrey Bogart, Howard Hughes, and John Wayne ring your ship’s bell, then be sure to tune in and find out more!
Our Working Waterfront ~ 06/04/24
This month, historic Hollywood shines its spotlight on our boatyard with a visit from the brigantine staysail schooner, s/v Destiny. She’s on the hard for repairs and further customization before she slips back in the water very soon. Eron briefs us on goings-on around our busy Port, then Chris and Pam talk with the vessel’s new owner Tom Helton and the Shipwright Co-Op’s Dave Griswold about Destiny’s colorful history and the current repairs and modifications that are underway. Tom shares his plans for high seas adventures soon to become a become a reality. If Preston Sturges, Humphrey Bogart, Howard Hughes, and John Wayne ring your ship’s bell, then be sure to tune in and find out more!
