
Local News for 9/30/25



(Airdate: September 26, 2025) Commissioner Greg Brotherton and Jim Burke welcome Josh Peters, County Administrator and Drummer with Abracadabra Trip. They discuss a series of community meetings that have been happening at community centers throughout the county, and one that is coming up at the Hoh Tribal Center in the west end of the county on October 22 at 6pm. Go to co.jefferson.wa.us to attend virtually or get more information.
Reminder to listeners to ask questions of Dr. Berry or Willie Bence by writing to: [email protected] by Friday October 3 at 12 noon to be answered on Monday, October 6 at 9:45am during the BOCC public Health Report.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark co-hosted this week with Melody Sky Weaver, Community Services Director for the City of Port Townsend. We were joined by Jefferson County Commissioner Heather Dudley-Nollette and artist/muscian Alexandra Anagnostopoulos to talk about the Outsiders Street Art Project at Port Townsend’s Memorial Field. More info is available at: https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/all-news/artist-takes-on-bureaucracy-for-passion-project


(Airdate: September 24, 2025) We are all familiar with bees. Did you know that honey bee colonies are highly organized, complex, with a rigid caste system, and whose individuals depend on their societal organization to survive. Join Jackie Canterbury as she talks with Colleen Ebken, a beekeeper on Marrowstone Island, about her bee colonies and the wonderful world of bees in general.



(Airdate: September 19, 2025) This week on County Connections, Betsy Carlson, chair of Jefferson Marine Resources Committee (MRC) and Citizen Science Coordinator for Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC), and Neil Harrington, Environmental Biologist for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, and a member of MRC, speak with Jim Burke and Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour about the MRC, and the committees work to protect and improve shoreline and marine habitat in Jefferson County. The next meeting of the MRC is Tuesday October 7 from 6 to 8pm at the WSU extension in Port Hadlock and is open to the public. More info at https://jeffersonmrc.org/.