(Airdate: June 18, 2025) Marine mammals, especially the cetaceans, are a popular focus for wildlife viewing throughout the world. So, which species live here in the Salish Sea, and how are they doing? Local cetaceans include harbor porpoises, Dall’s porpoises, Pacific white-sided dolphins, minke whales, gray whales, humpback, and killer whales. Other local marine mammals include Steller sea lions, California sea lions, northern elephant seals, harbor seals, and sea otters.
(Airdate: June 17, 2025) We’re in the town of Dunhuang, and we’ve just checked in to the Flying Asparagus Hotel, the watering hole of budget travelers. Since the hotel is right across the street from the bus station, it’s the place where travelers stop first. The bus station also has the only cheap transportation to the Mogao Caves east of town. The Caves are one of the greatest repositories of Buddhist art….
(Airdate: June 1, 2025) On Saturday, June 14, thousands in Port Townsend and millions across the country took to the streets for “No Kings” protests, demonstrating against perceived authoritarian actions by the current administration. In this episode, hear voices from the Port Townsend rally and a conversation with KPTZ’s Jon Pinnow and Bruce Cowan from Indivisible Port Townsend, about the reasons behind the event, its impact within the broader national movement, and what comes next for community engagement in an ongoing effort to stand for ‘liberty and justice for all.’
(Airdate: June 13, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Jefferson County Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour welcomed Olympic View Area Manager Brian Hagaman from Washington State Parks and Rob Birman, Executive Director of Centrum as we learned more about what is going on at Fort Worden and other area parks.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and PT City Manager John Mauro welcomed Port Townsend City Council Member Monica MickHager to BrewNow. We heard a great story about how council and staff worked together to initiate the the Transportation Benefit District and how that has helped the city start to gain traction (pun intended) with fixing our streets.
(Airdate: June 11, 2025) Please join Nature Now host Debaran Kelso this week as we speak with founder Linda Landkammer and naturalist Dr. Fred Sharpe out in the garden, celebrating the lovely Kul Kah Han Native Plant Garden on a gorgeous summer afternoon!
Each month KPTZ’s Chris Bricker joins co-hosts Port of Port Townsend’s Director Eron Berg and Port Commissioner Pam Petranek to bring you news, updates and stories surrounding our vibrant maritime community. Chris joins Eron for his monthly update, and then Pam and Chris take a tour among the boats on our working waterfront with six delightful goal-oriented and curious members of the Port Townsend Maritime Academy. The Academy is a free half-day program that provides high school juniors and seniors from eleven surrounding districts the opportunity to gain maritime experience, skills, and certifications while exploring different careers in the maritime industry.
(Airdate: June 10, 2025) Maryanne interviews Tyler Zwirtz, the owner Type Townsend Studio, a rather unique shop in downtown PT that specializes in old typewriters and various antiques. Tyler was, well, one of those kids who started serious collecting of typewriters when he was about 10 years old. By the time he was in his early 20’s he had seven storage lockers strung across the country. He was living in Seattle and exploring the Northwest. When he hit Port Townsend he fell in love with the town so he moved here without a job in sight. But he stumbled onto the shop and it turned out the previous owner was shutting down. But he bought it. It turned out the seven storage lockers had more than enough inventory to open his own shop. He’s now celebrating the shop’s one-year birthday. And – believe it or not — he’s making money!
(Airdate: June 10, 2025) We’re rolling down the asphalt on our way from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang. We finally left the snow-capped ridges of the Qilian mountains behind and traded them in for the eroded red and gray of the Gansu Badlands. Despite the nine-hour ride, we were feeling good for the first time in days. Our fevers were gone! Finn honored our change in fortune by penning a bus ride…
(Airdate: June 9, 2025) Attention Please! Host Charlie Bermant talked to the three declared candidates for the Port Townsend City Council position 1: Fred Obee, Mikki Porter, and Dylan Quarles, who seek to succeed retiring council member Ben Thomas. This is significant, as it is the only race that has a primary contest (the top two vote getters in the August 5 Primary will advance to the November 4 General Election).
