Local News for 10/08/24
Silk
(Airdate: October 8, 2024) In addition to the great repository of Buddhist art in the Bingling Caves on the reservoir’s west shore, we’re also visiting the living repository of Islamic culture in the town of Linxia on the east shore. Among the Muslim groups that have called the Linxia area their home, one group in particular has a story that’s especially enlightening….
County Public Health Report ~ 10/07/24
Dr, Allison Berry and Willie Bence deliver the Monthly Public Health Report to the Jefferson Board of County Commissioners on 10/07/2024. Good news currently as a there are low numbers of Covid-19, and no RSV, and Influenza cases currently. Willie Bence talks about the Great Washington Shake out coming up on 10/17 at 10:17 am
Wooden Boat Festival
(Airdate: October 10, 2024) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark visits the 2024 Port Townsend Wooden Boat show and talks with Max Wiecek from the Washington State Department of Health about water quality and with Klaus Brauer about his cedar dugout proa.
County Connections
(Airdate: October 4, 2024) Co-hosts Jim Burke and County Commissioner Kate Dean talk with Scott Mauk, Superintendant of Chimacum Schools, and Kurt Munnich, School Engagement, Early Intervention and Juvenile Probation. They discuss what used to be called “truancy”, and is now referred to in a more positive way as”engagement” – the ways in which students become disengaged and the ways in which schools, the county, and even the courts re-engage students and their parents to get them involved in school again.
Local News for 10/04/24
Brewocracy Now ~ 10/03/24
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro talked with Chris Hannon, the Youth Services Manager at OlyCAP about their support of people 25 and under who might be experiencing homelessness and related difficulties. This is well worth listening too.
Local News for 10/03/24
Local News for 10/02/24
Community Tides ~ 10/01/24
Hosts Chris Bricker and Siobhan Canty, President & CEO of Jefferson Community Foundation, explore new paradigms and new developments surrounding our County’s good people doing good work! Chris and Siobhan have a conversation with the Food Service Directors Shannon Gray from Port Townsend School District and Justin Oas from Chimacum Schools. They’ll share their thoughts about how food service in the schools has evolved, especially with the incredible network of school gardens and other efforts that bring fresh food to student meals programs.
