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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.
Mountain States Policy Center on January 13 released results from the first annual Washington Poll, a new statewide research effort designed to help lawmakers, community leaders, and citizens better understand what Washingtonians believe the state should prioritize—and how the state should move forward. The inaugural poll, conducted January 2–9, 2026 among 800 registered voters in Washington, shows voters focused on kitchen-table issues—particularly the economy, taxes, and state spending—while also expressing strong interest in education reforms
(The Center Square) – Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday delivered his State of the State address before a joint session of state lawmakers on Day 2 of the 60-day legislative session that began Monday, spotlighting the state’s resiliency by highlighting the response to recent flooding and throwing his support behind a so-called “millionaire’s tax.” The first-term Democrat praised the efforts of Washington State Department of Transportation crews, some of whom attended the speech, for their
(The Center Square) – A proposed contract between the King County Sheriff’s Office and the city of North Bend is slated to provide police services to the city beginning in April. North Bend has contracted with its neighboring city of Snoqualmie since 2012. The current contract ended at the end of 2024 and a short-term renewal agreement was entered into with Snoqualmie, extending services until a transition of services was reached. The transition to the
(The Center Square) – New York, California and Oregon are leading 12 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over allegedly threatening to withhold billions of dollars in grants unless states illegally discriminate against transgender people. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island, is challenging the new conditions that the states’ Democratic attorney generals say are discriminatory. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said the new Health and
