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You’ve heard him for the past 14 years as a KVI voice on The Commute with Carlson and now Phil Vandervort takes over as the host of KVI’s Morning Ride. Join Phil and his producer, Zach Wildfang, every weekday morning from 6-9, to bring you the day’s first insight into the top local and political stories that impact your life, your town and your wallet so we can Make Washington Livable Again. The Morning Ride is fast-paced, filled with guest interviews from local leaders and politicians along with nationally respected voices like economist, Steve Moore, to give you unique insight that you won’t hear anywhere else. Phil Vandervort is a life-long Puget Sound resident. Born in Tacoma and living in Seattle since 1994, Phil has worked in Seattle talk radio since 1997 at Seattle’s biggest stations and with Seattle’s most well-known talk show hosts like John Carlson and the dearly departed, Dori Monson and John Clayton. Phil and his wife have been married for 26 years and have a 17-year-old son. Off the air, Phil’s interests include finding new bands and music, playing bass guitar, going to local concerts (has he told you about The Sheepdogs?), staying healthy with exercise that’s easy on the knees--especially snow skiing--and grilling meat.
(The Center Square) – The Washington Supreme Court is set to hear a case challenging Initiative 2066, a voter-approved measure protecting access to natural gas, on Jan. 22, 2026. The case was brought to the state’s highest court after a King County Superior Court judge ruled I-2066 was unconstitutional due to violating the single-subject rule by covering multiple unrelated topics. I-2066 was approved by nearly 2 million voters in November 2024. Two months ago, the
(The Center Square) – It’s Election Day, and based on early returns, a lot of Washington state voters may be sitting this one out, or they are waiting until the last minute to fill out ballots and get them turned in. To be counted, ballots must be postmarked or dropped into a county drop box by 8 p.m. As of Monday, less than 20% of registered voters had returned ballots. That’s fewer than this time
(The Center Square) – Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown proposed and directly oversaw the production of a video made by his office featuring him mocking the social media posts of his critics during an active State Bar Association investigation into him. It was an investigation where Brown twice failed to respond to bar investigators by the deadlines but was dismissed last week after The Center Square requested the status of the probe. The emails
(The Center Square) – It’s Election Day, and that means Washington state voters who haven’t turned in their ballots yet have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to do so. The Evergreen State has more than 500 secure drop boxes available for voters to submit their ballots. As of Oct. 1, Washington has more than 5 million active voters. Given that 2025 is an off-year election, meaning fewer statewide races and no federal contests, election watchers do
