This graph shows the monthly and cumulative number of COVID-19 infections reported in Jefferson County, from March 2020 through April 2021. Data source: Jefferson County Public Health Department website, graph created by KPTZ.
As of April 30, 2021 the total number of COVID-19 cases in Jefferson County was 390. This due to a spike of 45 cases, compared to only 10 last month.
On today’s Brewocracy Now host Charlie Bermant and City Manager John Mauro‘s discussion included the following topics: New Police Chief, Battling misinformation, Pickleball Club, City staffing challenges, and upcoming City Council changes.
(Airdate: April 27, 2021) Host-producer Emillia Nunn (PTHS 2021) talks with classmate Finn O’Donnell, who describes his involvement in the Mock Trial program for High Schools.
Thursday, April 29 from 7-8pm KPTZ presents a night of live music with Port Townsend’s own Jim Nyby, in collaboration with the Candlelight Concert Online series at Trinity United Methodist Church. Jim will accompany himself on the grand piano. The program will include a wide variety of selections spanning several genres, from English folk to New Orleans R&B.
(First airdate: April 28, 2021) The Puget Sound Pilots carefully steer the largest ships in the world through the Salish Sea waters and safely into Port. Host MaryAnn Wagner interviews Captain Sandy Bendixen, the first woman Pilot in the history of the organization. Find out about the skills needed to do this challenging and important maritime work.
(Reprise airdate: April 28, 2021) Host Debaran Kelso hosts Part 2 of an interview with Dr. Geoff Hammerson, on the wonders of bird migration (this is part 2 of a 2-part show).
(Airdate: April 26, 2021) What links the murder trial of police officer Derek Chauvin with the dominant politics of the current Republican Party and that party’s accelerating efforts to suppress voting by people of color? Cohosts Robert Ambrose and Dahr Jamail speak with Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she taught from 1991-2016, and a former president of the National Lawyers Guild, about the historic trial, Republican politics, and the crucial importance of the For The People Act.
