(Airdate: October 11, 2024) Co-Hosts Jim Burke and Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean talk with Epidemiologist Alyssa Wyrsch about the healthy youth survey regarding mental health and substance use.

(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.

(Airdate: September 27, 2024) Jim Burke and co-host Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour spoke with Laura Tucker, Education and Outreach Specialist for Jefferson County Public Works and they discuss all things solid waste and recycling !!

(Airdate: September 20, 2024) Co-hosts Commissioner Kate Dean and Jim Burke talk with Jefferson County Tax Assessor Jeff Chapman about how taxes are assessed on properties in the county.

(Airdate: September 13, 2024) Co-hosts Commissioner Greg Brotherton and Jim Burke speak with the Healthier Together Task Force member Jim Scarantino about the upcoming joint meeting of PT City Council and the County Commission at City Hall Monday evening September 16 at 6pm. The Task Force will present their findings at the meeting to outline new and exciting options for a county aquatic center – a new pool that will cost far less, and could potentially be more efficiently built and run than previously discussed options.

Co-hosts Jim Burke and County Commissioner Greg Brotherton welcome two members of the Healthier Together Task Force , Nancy Speser and Cray Henry. There is a review of community and governmental efforts to build a new pool and the reasoning behind it. Call-out to county/city meeting on September 16 at 6pm in City Hall at 6pm.

(Airdate: August 30, 2024) This week on County Connections Jim Burke and co-host Commissioner Kate Dean spoke with Erin Reading of the Port Townsend Psychedelic Society and Kristin Barnes ND who is a Navy Vet and a physician who works with veterans who suffer from PTSD. They discuss the decriminalization of entheogens in Jefferson County and the possible uses of natural substances, such as psilocybin mushrooms, in a therapeutic setting as opposed to recreational way.

(Airdate: August 23, 2024) Co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Greg Brotherton spoke with Chief Tim Manly of the Brinnon Fire Department about progress fighting The 2620 Road/ Mt. Jupiter wild fire. They also spoke with Michelle Matheson, proprietor of the Halfway House Restaurant in Brinnon, who mobilized resources and people to feed as many as 350 people breakfast lunch and dinner for several days to support the firefighting effort.

(Airdate: August 16, 2024) This week on County Connections co-hosts Jim Burke and County Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour speak with Matt Tyler, a forester with County Public Works & Parks, and Malloree Weinheimer, a forester and principal of Chickadee Forestry, who has worked with Matt and others in the county to make county forests and parks healthier and more sustainable. Also, there is a five-minute interview with Brinnon Fire Chief Tim Manly about the Road 2620 wildfire that is burning on Mount Jupiter as of the airing of this program.

(Airdate: August 9, 2024) This week on County Connections co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Kate Dean speak with Dr. Allison Berry, Public Health Officer for Jefferson and Clallam Counties about why she became a doctor, the difference between healthcare and public health, trends in Covid-19, and dealing with atmospheric smoke .