
Local News for 12/17/24



For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for December 16-31. Many of our program hosts provide specifics about what’s planned for this half month. If you’re not already a Spotlight subscriber, you’re invited to join our Mailing List. See KPTZ’s current Weekly On-Air Schedule and Daily Program Schedule.

(Airdate: December 13, 2024) This week on County Connections co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour welcome Jefferson County Department of Public Works Director/County Engineer Al Cairns. They discuss the state of recycling, including the discontinuation of glass recycling here in the county.


KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro welcomed Jeff Bohman of the Peninsula Trails Coalition. We talked about the history and future of his organization and of the Olympic Discovery Trail.


(Airdate: December 11, 2024) Please join Nature Now this week as host Debaran Kelso speaks with author Betsy Howell about her recently published book of essays Wild Forest Home- Stories of Conservation in the Pacific Northwest. Betsy is a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Forest Service and has been on our program several times over the past years speaking about her work on the Olympic National Forest, but this interview focuses on her personal experiences as a writer working in the forests she’s come to love.
