(Airdate: September 1, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark sat down with Ben Bauermeister from Skillmation to learn more about their mentor program and Port Townsend High School’s Life Skills class for freshman. More information about Skillmation is available here: https://skillmation.org/ and you can email them at [email protected]. This sounds like a great way to get involved in your community!
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(Airdate: August 29, 2025) Commissioner Greg Brotherton and co-host Jim Burke welcome David Baalif, Exeutive Director, and Phoebe Reid, Community Workforce Coordinator. Both with EDC Team Jefferson. The Economic Development Council (EDC) Team Jefferson focuses on high-leverage, place-based activities that improve the economic well-being and quality of life for people in Jefferson County, and the living systems in which we are embedded. They seek mentors and those looking to expand their businesses who might need guidance, training and other resources. The website is: https://www.edcteamjefferson.org/.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and guest co-host Melody Sky Weaver (Community Services Director for the city of PT) were joined by Katy Goodman, Arts and Culture Coordinator for the city and we talked about the Creative District and the city’s active role in supporting the arts in our community. More information is here and here. Also check out “Outsider Street Art Project” which will be involved in creating art of the soon to be replaced memorial field fence. Email [email protected] for more info.
(airdate: Aug 27, 2025). KPTZ’s (airdate: Aug 27, 2025). KPTZ’s Buzzy Donahue was joined by Laura Newman and Sylvia Heins (the Jazz & Soul duo Laurovia) as well as Heidi Hainey from Taps ahead of the Tap’s Grand Opening party on August 29.
(Reprise airdate: August 27, 2025) Please join Nature Now host Debaran Kelso as we speak with Scott Brinton, co-founder and executive director of the CedarRoot School, about tracking and its importance to wildlife conservation. This is part 1 of a two-part program.
(Airdate: August 26, 2025) In addition to the ancient Buddhist art of the Mogao Caves to the east, Dunhuang has a new attraction 20 kilometers to the west. It’s a model of an ancient Chinese city, built my a Japanese film company for use as a movie set. The Japanese never do anything halfway and they spent the equivalent of over a half million U.S. dollars making sure the set looked the part….
