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(Airdate: February 16, 2026) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined by Tara McCauley, Executive Director of the Jefferson County Historical Society and Davy Mack-Hazelwood, Development & Stewardship Coordinator. We learned about the big changes that are going on at the City Hall Museum, as well as opportunities to help out including their ongoing Membership Drive and the new Capital Campaign. More info at https://www.jchsmuseum.org.

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(Airdate: February 16, 2026 – Eaglemount Rockery) – A charming little world

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(Airdate: February 9, 2026 -Grab Bag 2) – extra short histories.

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(Airdate: February 13, 2026) Commissioner Greg Brotherton and Jim Burke are joined this week by
Recompete Coordinator Molly Pringle and, representing Clallam County, Angi Klahn to talk about the first year of The 35 Million RECOMPETE Grant that aims to get the Prime Age Employment Group (ages 25-54 yrs,. old ) and others. The Recompete Pilot Program is a federally-funded initiative to create and connect people to living-wage, local jobs in Clallam and Jefferson Counties. Listeners can find out more by going to https://www.recompetewa.org/
and https://olympicconnect.org/.

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KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined by Melody Sky Weaver, Community Services Director for the City of Port Townsend, and by Katy Goodman, PT’s Arts & Culture Coordinator. We learned all about Soundcheck, our local upcoming arts festival. More information may be found at here: https://ptcreativedistrict.org/soundcheck/

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(Airdate: February 5, 2026 – The Discovery of Electricity)

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(Airdate: February 10, 2026) Meet Nicholas Verrochi, who’s in the midst of a four-month haul-out in Port Townsend’s famed boatyard. Six of the finest shipwrights around and a raft of project volunteers, are fixing  the rot, planks, frames and centerline that’s holding the 104 year old historic wooden boat, Argonaut II, together. Nicholas lives aboard, and hosts charters around our beautiful San Juan Islands and beyond.  From corporate cruiser to missionary vessel to tugboat, Argonaut II has seen it all, and now Nicholas is dedicating himself to bringing her back to glory. 

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(Airdate: February 10, 2026) We’re in Xinjiang province in the oasis of Turfan and we’re touring the sites outside of town.The first site is the area’s most famous. It’s the eroded red slopes of the Flaming Mountains that begin just north of town. On a hot summer day the surface temperature on these mountains exceeds 80 degrees Celsius, hot enough to fry an egg or a monk. Which brings us to another story….

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(Airdate: February 3, 2026) We’re in Xinjiang province in the town of Turfan, and we’re visiting the Emin Minaret at the east edge of town. The minaret was built in 1777 by the local ruler, Emin Khoja, as a monument to Uyghur support for the Qing dynasty and its dispute with other nomads to the north. Translated into current lingo, the minaret stands as a shining symbol of the centuries-old friendship between the Uyghurs and the Han Chinese…

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(Airdate: February 9, 2026) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark got to learn more about the Gatheringplace, a Port Townsend non-profit dedicated to promoting opportunity, awareness, and inclusion for adults with developmental and other disabilities. Our guests were Linda Ferris, the founder and executive director, and board member Steve Kemper. Radio Dog Sage sampled the “Yummy” hand made biscuits.

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