(Airdate: March 16, 2026) KPTZ’s Genevieve Barlow was joined by general surgeon Dr. Kelsea Peterman, and the Director of Jefferson Healthcare Cancer Center, Tricia Sinek, as well as KPTZ’s Karen Anderson for Colon Cancer Awareness Month to discuss the importance of colon cancer screening.
(Airdate: March 16, 2026 – The Old Alcohol Plant) – More failed dreams
(Airdate: March 16, 2026) Originally broadcast Saturday. March 14, 2026, this Attention Please! show is a tribute to well-loved KPTZ technical volunteer Mike Carroll, who was was always lighthearted, warm, generous, curious, and caring. He will be missed. Hosted by KPTZ Excutive Director Genevieve Barlow and founding program director Larry Stein.
(Airdate: March 13, 2026) This week for our Three Day Fund Drive we have co-hosts Jim Burke and Commisioner Greg Brotherton welcome EJFR Chief Bret Black, Director of Emergency Management Willie Bence, and Cynthia Toop, the Climate Resilience Project manager from the Hoh Tribe. Cynthia talks about the herculean task of moving an entire community up the hill away from flood danger. Willie Bence talks about being ready for any emergency, And chief Black talked about making your own home fire safer from wildfire danger. Listeners can subscribe to NIXLE ALERTS for the county by texting JEFFCODEM to 888777 for timely updates in the event of a local or county-wide emergency. The Connectivity Summit is coming up on March 27, 28 and 29 at Fort Worden Commons and the Fairgrounds, and the all-County Preparedness Day at Finn River on June 27. Details at: www.theproductionalliance.org/. THE EJFR Pancake Breakfast is Saturday, April 18. Click here for details.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and PT City Manager John Mauro discussed various forms of resilience. We took questions about the police personnel and also about the strong mayor form of government.
(Airdate: March 12, 2026 – I’m Ok, You’re OK – He’s an Ape.)
(Airdate: March 10, 2026) The Flaming Mountains were the scene of one of the Monkey Kings greatest triumphs in the Chinese fable “Journey to the West,” and Bezeklik was the location of some of Silk Road’s finest Buddhist Art. The caves there were carved into the west wall of a sandstone gorge that opens up just enough for a small settlement of Uyghur herders. Beyond, just north of this desolate landscape lie the snowcapped peaks of the Tien Shan mountains, the source of the water that runs through this forbidding world….
(Airdate: March 10, 2026) Maryanne interviews A.J. Feit, the Navigator for the Port Townsend Police Department. A navigator is a trained mental health professional. A.J.’s role is to help recognize those in the middle of a mental breakdown and hopefully find programs or counselors who can help. It’s another way to try to help keep those suffering from mental issues out of jail. A.J. has a Master’s Degree from USC (University of Southern California). He has worked for several Pacific Northwest institutions including the VA, the Jamestown tribe, and Jefferson Healthcare. He’s been both a social worker and therapist. It’s a tough job. He admits that some individuals decline all assistance — but he tries his best to help.
In August 2025, as he had done for decades, beloved fisherman Joel Kawahara set out from his hometown of Quilcene for the fishing grounds. After a few weeks, Joel’’s commercial fishing troller Karolee was found adrift without Joel aboard. In his passing, Joel Kowahara has become the renewed catalyst for Bernie’s vision to come true. Thanks to the Port of Port Townsend, Kiwanis, the Port Townsend Foundry, and community donations from you, the memorial’s completion date will be around August of this year and ready for our 2026 Wooden Boat Festival. The sight of the memorial will be at the entrance to the Point Hudson jetty boardwalk. This month, we’ll reprise our 2025 radio special about Bernie Arthur’s dream, and in Joel’s honor, the April 2022 Boatyard interview we did with Kowahara along side his Karolee.
(Airdate: March 9, 2026 – Irondale) Almost Pittsburgh?
