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Local News for 7/31/24

July 31, 2024: Nhatt Nichols – Quimper Sound moves to Uptown; Quilcene Skate Park hopes to get funding. (TRANSCRIPT)

August 1-15 KPTZ Programming Highlights

For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for August 1-15. 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.

#682 What Your Food Ate, part 2

(Reprise airdate: July 31, 2024) Join Nan Evans as she talks with scientists and authors, David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, about their recent book What Your Food Ate. This is part 2 of a two-part story.

Silk

(Airdate: July 30, 2024) We’re at the Buddhist caves of Maijishan, or “Wheatstack Mountain.” It’s not really a mountain. It’s a big monolith of red rock sticking out sticking out of the hills of the Qinling Mountains. But the calves are real, all 194 of them….

Local News for 7/30/24

July 30, 2024: Taylor Nations – Covid rates are up; fire danger is very high. (TRANSCRIPT)

Formative Years – Our Youngest and Dearest

(Airdate: July 25, 2024) Formative Years – Our Youngest and Dearest. Gabrielle VanWert, Development Director of Jumping Mouse discusses this nonprofit’s challenges and successes as they come alongside children and their families who face the increasingly common needs for mental health services for our youngest and dearest.

Dr. Allison Berry

(Airdate: July 29, 2024) This week host Jim Burke is joined by Chief Public Health Officer for Jefferson and Clallam Counties Dr. Allison Berry. They discuss this summers Covid-19 surge, avian influenza, shellfish poisoning, potential smoke issues, and more,

Brewocracy Now ~ 7/25/24

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro talked with Chief Bret Black from EJFR and Michael Spears, Water Resources Operations Manager for the City of Port Townsend about the related issues brought on by dry conditions: wildfires and water availability. So mow your parking strips (in the morning, please) and look for conservation tips in the upcoming August city newsletter.