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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) – Facing a $13 million deficit, the Spokane City Council is considering temporarily raising the utility tax rate by .5% to ensure cost recovery despite walking back that promise last year. The last time the council raised the utility tax rate was in 2023, after former Mayor Nadine Woodward proposed a temporary 1% increase to address another shortfall. That approval raised the rate to 21%, which still stands today after Mayor Lisa
(The Center Square) – Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown’s former law firm, legally representing an environmental organization suing the state over last year’s natural gas initiative, has active contracts with the AGO as of August. Pacifica Law Group is currently representing Climate Solutions in a lawsuit it filed in December 2024 in King County Superior Court challenging the constitutionality of Initiative 2066, a voter-approved ballot measure preempting local efforts to phase out natural gas.
(The Center Square) – The state Forest Practices Board has narrowly approved a controversial water buffer rule that has drawn criticism from forestry and farming advocates, as well as local counties that say their economies will be negatively impacted. In its 7-5 vote at its Wednesday meeting, the FPB approved the new buffer that expands riparian shade protections for perennial non-fish-bearing streams, a move forestry advocates have noted would remove 200,000 acres of private forestland
(The Center Square) – King County’s Department of Adult & Juvenile Detention, still reeling from a four-year booking freeze on low-level offenders, now faces losing 38 fully trained corrections officers due to a state law requiring officers to be U.S. citizens or have a green card. Under state law, individuals cannot serve as law enforcement officers in Washington unless they hold U.S. citizenship or a green card, putting the jobs of 38 King County corrections
