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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 Spokane City Council on Monday approved Mayor Lisa Brown’s declaration of a city-wide emergency to address the loss of food stamp benefits and enforce a new ban on people living on the streets. Brown issued her proclamation on Oct. 29, weeks into the federal government shutdown that curtailed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and days after the council bolstered Spokane’s ban on camping. The proclamation aims to ensure there are
(The Center Square) — Conservatives on the Spokane City Council saw their numbers shrink on Monday as Sarah Dixit defeated incumbent Jonathan Bingle by just 156 votes, expanding the progressive majority’s grip. Dixit announced her victory after Spokane County finished counting final ballots from the 2025 general election late Monday, days after initial results had put Bingle ahead by roughly 200 votes. Spokane County won’t certify the results until Nov. 25, so the results are
(The Center Square) – Nearly one week since Election Day and Katie Wilson has taken the lead over Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race by less than 100 votes with a recount becoming more likely. As of Monday, Wilson now leads by just 91 votes over Harrell. Wilson was originally down by seven points, or 10,000 votes on Tuesday, but has since cut the deficit down and taken the lead by less than
(The Center Square) -Concerns about the use of Washington state’s Community Reinvestment Program (CRP) funds have now moved on to the Tacoma Urban League, including the organization’s director being put on leave, interviews show. CRP was created to support homeownership for minorities by providing grants and funding to programs that assist low-income households, and to support minority owned business development. The funds are administered by the Washington Department of Commerce and initially amounted to $200
