Today on Brewocracy Now, host Tim Quackenbush and City Manager John Mauro were joined by Councilmember Ariel Speser. Topics discussed included the status of the Fort Worden PDA; the upcoming sale of the Hastings Building; COVID-19 updates; and Councilmember Speser’s accomplishments during her first term on the City Council.
(First airdate: March 17, 2021) Today Coastal Cafe talked with Eron Berg, the Executive Director of the Port of Port Townsend. Eron gives updates on some of the Port’s ongoing and emerging priorities such as the breakwaters at Point Hudson and the Boat Haven as well as infrastructure improvements at the boatyard and Quilcene.
(Airdate: March 17, 2021) Hydrologist Ann Soule discusses with Mary Robson this year’s snow accumulation and the resulting potential water resources for this summer.
(Airdate: March 16, 2021) The Washington State University Extension Office of Jefferson County is a resource that provides educational programs and brings to our community the broad resources of a major university. Join Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can as she discusses with Cliff Moore, Director of the WSU Jefferson County Extension Office, the history, the opportunities and the ongoing programs that serve our county.
This month on Our Working Waterfront, Port Commissioner Pam Petranek took us on a stroll through Port Townsend’s busy Boatyard. We encountered Robin & Amanda, a young Swiss couple who stopped here for repairs on their world-wide cruising sailboat. Like many sailors who encounter our community, they’re falling in love with it. Then we visited two 100-year-old wooden boats and talk with the craftsmen who are tending to them: shipwright Brad, working on a 108-year-old commercial fishing boat from Seattle; and shipwrights Erik & Dylan, working on a local commercial fishing boat.
The following is a summary of the presentation made on March 15 by Dr. Tom Locke, our local Public Health Officer and Willie Bence, Director, EOC, Jefferson County, during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting:
Click here to read complete notes on today’s briefings
Submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Tom Locke by emailing contactus@kptz.org. Note: The weekly deadline for these to be submitted is on Fridays at noon, to be answered at the following Monday’s BOCC meeting.
Note: Generally, the Board of County Commissioners does not meet when there is a fifth Monday of the month, however, the Board will meet on Monday, March 29 for the Public Health and Department of Emergency Management update for the residents of Jefferson County.
(Airdate: January 29, 2021) James Kennedy, Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney, on forensic investigations and being a coroner when you’re not a doctor.
(Airdate: January 29, 2021) Matthew Randazzo V on his new audiobook and the Sequim QAnon Coup.
On the tenth anniversary of the commencement of the world’s worst nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi, Japan, this week we talk with Arnie and Maggie Gundersen, perhaps the world’s pre-eminent experts on nuclear safety, about a disaster that continues to unfold and for which an end is not yet in sight.
KPTZ’s Through Science to Health program is almost at its one year anniversary date, while the initial shut down in the United States due to the pandemic marked its one year anniversary yesterday, 3/11/2021. KPTZ host Chris Bricker and co-host Lynn Sorensen, RN discussed relatively positive news on the pandemic front on today’s edition of Through Science to Health.
