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Compass for the Week of August 14, 2017

KPTZ reporter Chris Bricker visits a prairie buffalo herd that’s been brought back from the brink of extinction and chats with Blackfeet Tribal Business Council Secretary Tyson Running Wolf in the second installment of his series of reports on the New Old Time Chautauqua’s working visit to the Native American Blackfoot Confederacy. Then KPTZ reporter Jack Pokorny takes us on board the Committee Boat for the Thunderbird World Series.

Compass for the Week of August 7, 2017

Earlier this summer, Port Townsend’s New Old Time Chautauqua took their show on the road deep into Indian Country, visiting the Blackfeet Nation in Browning Montana and beyond. Intrepid KPTZ reporter Chris Bricker was along for the ride, and this week on the Compass we bring you the first of several reports he made on the journey.

Compass for the Week of July 24, 2017

This week on the Compass we take a tour behind the scenes at the Port Townsend Aero Museum, and learn a little bit about how to restore antique aircraft.

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Compass for the Week of July 29, 2017

This week on the Compass we attend a meeting of housing activists discussing a ballot measure aimed at creating a public home opportunity fund, and then we learn of a threat to stockholders’ power to influence corporate behavior.

Compass for the Week of July 17, 2017

This week on the Compass, we uncover the hidden past of Port Townsend resident Lynn Webster, who for nearly three decades has been modestly avoiding talk of her fabulous life in show business. Today, she finally tells her stories.

Compass for the Week of July 10, 2017

Although it may be true that “everything changes except change itself,” as the Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously said, that doesn’t mean that the pace and nature of change can’t be controlled—-which is arguably the purpose of the Jefferson Land Trust, the venerable local nonprofit that has gained wide recognition as an exemplar of the land conservationist movement. This week on the Compass, we talk with Jefferson Land Trust Executive Director Richard Tucker and former executive director Sarah Spaeth about the past present and future of the Trust and the lands it stewards.

Compass for the Weekly of July 3, 2017

This week on the Compass, KPTZ Reporter and DJ Chris Bricker talks with fellow-former clown Murray Horowitz about his career as a hilarious radio game-show host. Then we reprise a segment from 2013 that delves into the intricate relationship of music and the human brain.

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Compass for the Week of June 26, 2017

This week on the Compass, we accompany Port Gamble S’Klallam tribal elder Gene Jones and about two hundred others on a pilgrimage to sacred Tamanowas Rock.

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Compass for the Week of June 19, 2017

This week on the Compass, correspondent Martha Baskin reports on climate activists who are trying to stop the construction of the largest methanol manufacturing plant in the world at the port of Kalama WA. A failing culvert forces the closure of Highway 20 between Eaglemount Road and Anderson Lake Road for a week. And, as summer approaches, ranchers’ minds turn to relieving their livestock of their wool, so we revisit a story from several years ago: Shearing Day at the Rosebud Ranch and Fiber Studio.

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Compass for the Week of June 12, 2017

This week on the Compass we feature an exclusive interview with Race to Alaska Race Boss Daniel Evans. And then we get a sneak preview of the Taste of Port Townsend. Steve Evans is the host.

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