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Brian Kuh

(Airdate: November 20, 2020) Brian Kuh, Executive Director of Team Jefferson, on new pandemic relief available to small business owners and employees during the second shutdown.

Nat Jacob and Megan Claflin

(Airdate: November 20, 2020) Megan Claflin introduces the GiveJefferson campaign. Nat Jacob discusses the Clemente Foundation and what the humanities can do for us all.

Reclaimed Debuts on KPTZ February 3

KPTZ 91.9FM, in partnership with Native Voice One, will begin broadcasting CBC Music’s Reclaimed starting Wednesday, February 3. The program will air weekly on Wednesdays from 6-7pm. Reclaimed is devoted to contemporary Indigenous people’s music – from traditional songs and acoustic sounds to Native hip-hop, R&B, and the dancefloor-filling beats of electric powwow. Reclaimed is a one-hour soundtrack to the Indigenous Next Wave and is hosted by Cree/Dene scholar Jarrett Martineau. Until this year, Reclaimed has been unavailable to US stations. We are very pleased that we can share it with KPTZ listeners.  More info.

County Public Health Report ~ 2/01

The following is a summary of the presentation made by Dr. Tom Locke, our local Health Officer, during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioner’s meeting:

General remarks:

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Submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Tom Locke by emailing [email protected]. Note: The weekly deadline for these to be submitted is on Fridays at noon, to be answered at the following Monday’s BOCC meeting.

Compass for 1/30/21

This week on the Compass we once again talk with Jefferson County Public Health Officer Dr. Tom Locke as he tries to recruit volunteers to help with a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 – when and if the plentiful supply of vaccine required for such a campaign becomes available. We also talk with him about a proposal to completely overhaul Washington’s public health system now before the state legislature that, if passed, would relegate county health officers like him to the dustbin of history.

Through Science to Health ~ 1/29/21

On this episode of Through Science to Health, host Chris Bricker talks once again with Dr. Joe Mattern, Chief Medical Officer for Jefferson Health Care. He’s charged with overseeing the logistics of distributing the COVID-19 vaccines for Jefferson Healthcare.

Dr. Mattern gives us an overview of logistics, from supply and allocation to scheduling. He emphasizes the importance of following protocols, even after receiving the second dose. He also discusses the variants of the virus, dosage efficacy, and projections for getting our population here in the county vaccinated. He describes the collaborative and thorough planning taking place that assures that no one is left behind. He also walks us through the steps that we should expect at the vaccination site.

Kate Dean

(Airdate: November 13, 2020) Kate Dean, on her election victory and County issues for the next four years.

ICG “Strong Towns” Live Broadcast ~ Thursday 2/04

Tune in Thursday evening, February 4 at 5pm, for a live broadcast of the Intergovernmental Collaborative Group (ICG) presentation on Strong Towns, featuring engineer and planner Charles Marohn, named by Planetizen as one of the 10 most influential urbanists of all time.  Mr. Marohn has written numerous books including Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity. For more information visit jeffcotogether.net.

The ICG was formed to help our Jefferson County communities come back stronger and more resilient following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click Here for Video Replay of the Presentation and Q&A

Brewocracy Now with John Mauro ~ 1/28

On this week’s Brewocracy Now on Thursday, City Manager John Mauro and Tim Quackenbush were joined by County Administrator Philip Morley, PUD General Manager Kevin Street, and Port of Port Townsend Director Eron Berg.  They discussed:

• How the elected jurisdictions of Jefferson County are working together for Recovery and Resiliency.

• How we may benefit from the upcoming Feb. 4 ICG presentation by engineer and planner Charlies Marohn.