The Chronicle News Dump

On the 185th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and photographer Kody Christen welcome a special guest in Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders (starts at 11:57) to talk about choppers, which laws we might not need and being The Most Online Sheriff. Also: A lawsuit against the PUD, one host’s takes on sea lions are 100% vindicated, Kody...

On the 184th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz, photographer Kody Christen and his jobshadow Reid discuss Local Politics, show note procedures, Denham moving south, JJ’s ToGo going housed, special elections and more.  Email us at chroniclenewsdump@gmail.com . Brought to you by SUMMIT FUNDING , CHEHALIS OUTFITTERS and THE ROOF DOCTOR !...

The sports crew (Dylan, Zach, Kody and Aaron) discuss the updated standings everywhere. Adna and Toutle Lake split in the C2BL baseball showdown; Adna won big in a C2BL softball showdown against Toledo. The big Activators track meet starts now and The Chronicle Cup wraps up later. Kody is off to the Swap Meet and Dylan stumbles upon a name he cannot pronounce. Sponsored by:  Elam’s Home Furnishing...

On the 183rd episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss the latest ordinance from the county commissioners and how long it’ll be before the next lawsuit hits; a complaint about leisure seekers on the back roads to Morton; the Pe Ell River Run; and a Centralia connection to the OJ Simpson trial (the successful one). Email us at chroni...

The sports crew (Dylan, Zach, and Aaron) discuss the midseason surprises in the stick-and-ball sports. Toledo is tied atop the C2BL softball standings with Adna; Toutle Lake and Adna are tied atop the baseball standings; and W.F. West and Tumwater are competing for first in both the EvCo baseball and softball standings. Zach talks track and Centralia’s soccer upset of Tumwater made the Chronicle C...

On the 181st episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss the possibility of civil rights attorneys setting up a Google alert for the Lewis County commissioners, WinCo finally scheduling its construction date, a horse arena everyone (with an equestrian horse) can use, Chehalis City Council upping its rates, and the new Lewis County Dir...

On the 181st episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and photographer Kody Christen discuss the Rochester cross country bigfoot fiasco, one host's opinions on women’s education, the AAUW book sale, one legislator’s quest to stop birds from eating fish, and a city’s payout to a police shooting victim. Email us at chroniclenewsdump@gmail.c...

The sports crew (Dylan, Zach, Kody and Aaron) discuss the early goings-on in the local baseball and softball leagues, while also covering W.F. West’s hot start on the soccer field and Rainier’s impressive track stuff. W.F. West and Tumwater are both Teams To Beat in baseball and soccer, while the C2BL baseball standings are intriguing and the C2BL softball standings are similarly complicated.

On the 180th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and special guest Jami Lund discuss advisory committees, needle exchanges, big-ol’ genetically engineered sheep, smelt, hydrogen, HASH and more. Email us at chroniclenewsdump@gmail.com . Brought to you by SUMMIT FUNDING , CHEHALIS OUTFITTERS and THE ROOF DOCTOR ! Listen to past episodes or...

On the 179th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and photographer Kody Christen discuss the timeless “salmon vs. fishermen vs. sea lions” conflict, a widening-the-roads project, Miss Lewis County and Miss Lewis County’s Teen winners, a few timely letters to the editor, Kody’s clam digging adventure and more. Email us at chroniclenewsdump...

On the 178th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, host Aaron VanTuyl, Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and photographer Kody Christen discuss hydrogen, state initiatives, raw milk, columns written by artificial intelligence, embalmers and more.

The sports crew (Dylan, new Zach, Kody and Aaron) discuss what transpired in Yakima and especially Spokane, where Dylan and Kody had their flights cancelled due to toilet problems and spent one last night together in the Lilac City. Napavine won a state championship. Lots of teams trophied. Zach enjoyed The Palm Springs of Yakima.

On the 177th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, host Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz just kinda wing it in discussing the Sheriff’s awards party, some legislative action out of Olympia, and one particularly worthy Hero of the Week.

The sports crew (Dylan, new Zach and Aaron) discuss what transpired in the regional round of the state tournament. The Dylans are off to Spokane with Kody. Zach is new in town and looking for competitive morning games. Topics include brackets and how many points you must score to take a picture of yourself with that number hand-written on a piece of paper.

On the 176th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, host Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz refuse all guests and discuss the news like two men who have not had a drug-induced castration hallucination (recently). Topics include Semi Bird, the United Learning Center, Blue Zones, state wrestling, levies, elections and more. Email us at chroniclenewsdump@gmail.com .

The sports crew (Dylan, Kody and Aaron) discuss the district finals, Kody’s run-in with a referee, Antonio Campos’ state championship, the regional seedings and more. Five teams are now district champions and 12 are off to “state.”

On the 175th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, host Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz welcome Thurston County Commissioner Wayne Fournier to discuss his bigger political office. News items pick up at the 24:00 mark, including Tenino’s park, unsolved-solved murders, a robbery/extortion case, and more. Email us at chroniclenewsdump@gmail.com .

On the 174th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, area man Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle executive editor Eric Schwartz welcome on Centralia police chief Stacy Denham (9:46) to talk about good cop/bad cop, the camera wagon, Flock cameras, the Chehalis Tribal Jail and more Hub City issues. Also covered: the hydrogen take-off (44:03), the glut of town hall events, hotel monopoly, the hosts giving a dam...

The sports crew (Dylan, Kody and Aaron) welcome on guests Chris Bannish (Adna basketball) and Chad Cramer (former MWP basketball) to break down the District 4 2B tournaments. The crew discusses the C2BL MVP awards (2:10), the District 4 2B boys bracket (7:00), the District 4 2B girls bracket (30:10), whether the D4 2B title games at WF West are the best atmosphere in Lewis County sports (46:42), t...

On the 173rd episode of The Chronicle News Dump, host Aaron VanTuyl welcomes guest Eric Schwartz to talk about The News and what has transpired in Centralia and the rest of Lewis County while our guest has been absent. Email us at chroniclenewsdump@gmail.com . Brought to you by SUMMIT FUNDING , CHEHALIS OUTFITTERS and THE ROOF DOCTOR ! Listen to past episodes or subscribe here: https://apple.co/3s...

The sports crew (Dylan, Josh and Aaron) run through last week’s sporting event and turn off their computers in case James Gross’ Y2K scare comes to light. Josh is off to greener pastures and has final thoughts. The C2BL girls and the EvCo boys are interesting, while their counterparts are largely decided. Kody has mic trouble.

On the 172nd episode of The Chronicle News Dump, host Aaron VanTuyl welcomes on a slew of guests to discuss local news and events. Local comedy promoter Gabe Botten and Centralia city councilor Cameron McGee discuss the upcoming Adam Ray show to benefit the Washington Association of Culture and Art, Centralia’s potential district change, and a new Chehalis city councilor. Then (at the 19:34 mark)...

The sports crew (Dylan, Josh and Aaron) review the list of postponed-but-then-played local basketball games and discuss the leaders in the clubhouse for each of the local league MVP awards. Kody is absent. The standings are largely confusing.

The sports crew (Dylan, Josh, Kody and Aaron) discuss where we stand in relation to the midseason report cards we issued next week. Josh has little to say on Monday night’s college football events. Julia Dalan has scored 1,000 points for W.F. West. James Grose has scored (nearly) 2,000 points for Napavine. The top of the standings in most of the leagues is something of a mess. Kody was late.

On the 171st episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss the first “Meet the Manager” meeting at the PUD, Patty Murray paying a visit to Old Man TransAlta, and family squabbles.  You can now email us at chroniclenewsdump@gmail.com . Brought to you by SUMMIT FUNDING and THE ROOF DOCTOR ! Listen to past episodes or subscribe here: https://apple.c...