KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro talked with Port Townsend Director of Public Works Steve King about the work going on on Lawrence Street and also Tyler Street: sidewalk improvements, drainage and rain gardens, trees and also future pavement plans. There’s a QR code literally on the sidewalks that you can scan for more information.
(Airdate: November 7, 2024 – In a World Gone Wrong, we are wrong again.
(Airdate: November 6, 2024) Jackie Canterbury talks with Malloree Weinheimer, founder of Chickadee Forestry LLC, a female owned and operated small business which she started in 2018. Malloree works to find solutions in forest management to support the land and its people in a new and different way. Join Jackie Canterbury as she talks with Malloree about Chickadee Forestry which serves Jefferson County and the greater Pacific Northwest. Malloree answers questions about forest health, climate change, and the resources and strategies available to small forest landowners who want to conserve their forest lands.
Each month KPTZ’s Chris Bricker and co-host 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 speak with Housing Solutions Network Communications Specialist Eric Jones, and HSN’s Director Liz Revord about results from an important survey fresh out of the oven. It’s real-life and tangible data centering around housing urgency, economic constraints, and housing characteristics. HSN’s mission is to engage its stakeholders and enlighten our Community at large. The published results can also be found at the HSN website. You won’t want to miss giving us a listen!
(Airdate: November 5, 2024) Scott Wilson, long time editor and publisher of the Port Townsend Leader stops by to talk with Cris Wilson about his book Working Port: 100 years of the Port of Port Townsend. This is a book for everyone as it is filled with so many great stories and characters. Some of these men and women are people still here making Port Townsend the unique and fabulous town we love!
(Airdate: November 5, 2024) After a trip to the Tibetan center of Labrang, we’re back in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province. Lanzhou has never been renowned for its beauty, and it’s sliding fast toward the ugly end of the scale. Still, there are a few places worth visiting while we await the next bus out of town—Five Spring Mountain Park, and across the Yellow River, the White Pagoda, both full of history and legend.
(Airdate: November 4, 2024) Scott Wilson, former publisher of the Port Townsend Leader and retired County Commissioner Kathleen Kler join host Phil Andrus on this day before Election Day. Questions: When and why did Jefferson County, especially Port Townsend, come to so strongly support Democratic Party candidates. What might the retirement of Derek Kilmer mean to Jefferson County? What effect might come from the change in our district’s delegation to the State Legislature?
This Month on the BOCC Health Report, Dr. Allison Berry says all respiratory viruses are low in Jefferson County. Flu season is starting on the east coast, so we can expect it here in about a month – around the holidays,” says Dr. Berry. Willie Bence says we can expect more seasonal wind events, and that the precipitation will be higher than average during the winter, with lower than average temperatures, so prepare for power outages now.
(Airdate: November 1, 2024) Co-hosts County Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour and Jim Burke welcome Eron Berg, Port Director of the Port of Port Townsend and Scott Freeman of the Jefferson Timber Collective. They discuss the new Airport Industrial Park that the Port is developing between the Airport and Four Corners which will be an incubator for new and growing companies. Some are working with the Jefferson Timber Collective which is working with local foresters, sawyers and makers, to provide materials and local timber to GROW local businesses.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro discussed the ‘elephant in the room’, namely the recent articles in the Port Townsend Leader about City Manager Mauro.
