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Local News for 11/12/24

November 12, 2024: Charlie Bermant – Concern about Trump’s second term, especially Medicare and Medicaid cuts. (TRANSCRIPT)

(Airdate: November 12, 2024) Wuwei looks like a Silk Road City—flat and dusty. But unlike most other Silk Road cities, Wuwei is Chinese, and has the typical military layout of a garrison town. In fact, it was the first of four major military garrisons established in the Gansu Corridor during the Han Dynasty. We dropped our gear at a seedy hotel and rented bicycles.

Empty Plate

(Airdate: November 11, 2024) This week on Attention Please! the co-directors, Maude Eisele and Genevieve Barlow talk about Saltfire Theatre’s Production Of An Empty Plate at the Café Du Garnd Bœuf with cast members Scott Bahlmann (who plays Claude) and Kait Tapia (who Plays Antoine.) The Play is presented at Vintage, on Water Street In Port Townsend at 7:30pm on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and runs from November 8 though November 24, 2024. More info at saltfiretheatre.org.

Election Day Questions, part 2

(Airdate: November 9, 2024) Election Day Questions, Part 2. Four days after the November 5 election, former County Commissioner Kathleen Kler and former Clerk of the Superior Court Ruth Gordon joined host Phil Andrus for a conversation about the results of local, state and national elections.

County Connections

(November 8, 2024) This week on County Connections Commissioner Greg Brotherton and co-host Jim Burke welcome Mikey Forville, head of Jefferson County’s IT department and they discuss the many ways the county administers it’s databases, and provides online services to everyone here in Jefferson County.

Local News for 11/08/24

November 8, 2024: Jim Burke – Whooping cough cases up; Marine Science Center moves. (TRANSCRIPT)

Brewocracy Now ~ 11/07/24

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro talked with Port Townsend Director of Public Works Steve King about the work going on on Lawrence Street and also Tyler Street: sidewalk improvements, drainage and rain gardens, trees and also future pavement plans. There’s a QR code literally on the sidewalks that you can scan for more information.

Roots and Branches / Jon Kertzer

KPTZ is thrilled to welcome venerable DJ and noted musicologist Jon Kertzer to our program roster. His career has included a stint as the Director of Global Sound with the Smithsonian Center for Folk Life and Cultural Heritage, as well as 30 years producing and hosting regular programs on KEXP and KBCS in Seattle. Jon’s new show for KPTZ is a musical world tour. Be sure to tune in on Sundays from 3-5pm! Email Jon.