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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) – Less than a week after being “unconditionally released” from confinement on McNeil Island, the man who became known as the “South Hill Rapist” is moving into a group home in Auburn, not Federal Way as initially planned. Kevin Coe, 78, was accused of committing dozens of sexual assaults from the late 1970s to early 1980s in the Spokane area; crimes that terrorized the community for many years. Several convictions were thrown
(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has signed two executive orders in anticipation of President Donald Trump deploying the National Guard in the Emerald City. The first executive order accuses Trump of “unprecedented and unwarranted actions deploying the National Guard and federal military troops to American cities. The use of federal military forces in local communities without consent of local authorities is inconsistent with American principles of democracy and the right of states
(The Center Square) – Despite a survey showing strong opposition, the Spokane City Council is moving forward with an ordinance to change its regular meeting date for the first time in more than a century. The officials had planned to hear a first reading of the ordinance on Monday night, but switched course during another meeting that afternoon. The version that appeared on the legislative agenda didn’t say which day the council prefers to meet
(The Center Square) – The founder of the political action committee behind two statewide initiatives concerning parental rights and the protection of girls in sports says he suspects organized groups are behind dozens of attacks on signature gatherers. Let’s Go Washington’s Brian Heywood led a press conference in Tacoma on Tuesday afternoon, detailing at least 35 documented attacks on signature gatherers over the last two weeks. The attacks range from intimidation and verbal threats to
