The Chronicle News Dump

Sports Dump Ep. 23: Off to State (and Cramer’s Corner) The Chronicle Sports Guys — Eric Trent, Alec Dietz and Aaron VanTuyl — are joined by MWP boys basketball coach Chad Cramer to talk about regional weekend, who’s headed to state, what the brackets and local matchups look like, the last time we all pooped outside, and how the Timberwolves are feeling heading into the 2B state tournament on Wedne...

News Dump Ep. 86: A Sheriffs’ Race and a Prudent Decision in Pe Ell On the 85th episode of News Dump, associate editor Aaron VanTuyl and Editor in Chief Eric FL Schwartz and VP Franklin Taylor discuss a race for the Sheriff’s office, a shooting in Chehalis, Pe Ell’s most recent school board meeting, buying “medicine” from a doctor in Florida, and Tenino’s city hall renovation.

Sports Dump Ep. 23: Breaking Down the Regional Basketball Brackets The Chronicle Sports Guys — Eric Trent, Alec Dietz and Aaron VanTuyl — are joined by the Longview Daily News’ Josh Kirshenbaum to break down the state basketball brackets, grade the seeding committees’ work, recap Friday and Saturday’s district championship games, discuss the Mat Classic standouts, and make a final declaration on w...

Sports Dump Ep. 22: There’s Nothing Like District Basketball The Chronicle Sports Guys discuss this year’s District 4 tournament programs and debate the tournament record books, bid adieu to a few prep hoops teams, make their picks in the District 4 finals, and take a closer look at locals to watch at Mat Classic.

News Dump Ep. 85: Here Comes the Boom Town On the 85th episode of News Dump, associate editor Aaron VanTuyl and Editor in Chief Eric FL Schwartz and VP Franklin Taylor discuss Lewis County’s BOOM moment, the Sheriff’s awards ceremony, trying to throw doctors in jail for some reason, Morton’s bond failure and the county’s plan to work on housing projects.

News Dump Ep. 84: We Hope (Rosane) Had the Time of His Life On the 84th episode of News Dump, associate editor Aaron VanTuyl and Editor in Chief Eric Schwartz bring on former reporter Eric Rosane for his final podcast before he departs for the Triple Cities. Topics include flood damages, critter pads, Sweet Dough, mask mandates and what we’ll argue about when they’re gone, sexually suggestive art...

Sports Dump Ep. 21: Betting It All on a Coin Toss and Some Conjecture The Chronicle Sports Guys break down a surging W.F. West boys team, a set of three-way ties for second in the C2BL boys and girls standings, and the AP and RPI rankings as the prep basketball season comes to a close.

News Dump Ep. 83: Baby It’s Cold Outside Mossyrock On the 83rd episode of News Dump, Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor in Chief Eric Schwartz and VP Franklin Taylor discuss a cold cold dip, a congresswoman touring the carnage and destruction the flood hath wrought in the Hub City, ya girl Jenny Collins’ award, and parking woes in Centralia.

Notebook Dump Ep. 1: Reporters Review Their Most Interesting Work On the first installment of Notebook Dump, Chronicle reporters Isabel Vander Stoep, Eric Rosane and Emily Fitzgerald discuss their most interesting stories from the last few weeks: A snowy ride to Montesano, a sewage issue in Centralia, and a housing crisis in Packwood.

On the 82nd episode of News Dump, Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, reporter Isabel Vander Stoep and VP Franklin Taylor discuss a swing-and-a-miss headline, the legitimacy of the No. 1 cat in the world’s ranking, the county’s “how should we spend this money” poll, one great stupid cow comment, and the salary commission and everything it does. Sponsored by Summit Funding.

Sports Dump Ep. 20: Guessing Who Voted in the AP Poll and Why The Chronicle Sports Guys discuss the hot-off-the-press AP basketball rankings, the latest big headlines, Tumwater/W.F. West in the 2A girls picture, and a huge 51-point outburst from an Oakville star.

News Dump Ep. 81: Giving “Centralia Man” His Due On the 81st episode of News Dump, Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and discuss a new rash of “Centralia Man” crimes, good news on the flood recovery front, a local executive director’s exit, the Grayshirts’ arrival, several reasons not to drive through standing water, and a true Orwellian nightmare.

Sports Dump Ep. 19: Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Points? The Chronicle Sports Guys discuss a 96-point effort by Oakville, Kalama vs. Napavine once again, MWP getting a big man back, Mossyrock girls’ state finals odds, and Alec’s post-New Year’s basketball power rankings.

News Dump Ep. 80: “Well, That Sucked” — Covering the (first) 2022 Flood On the 80th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Eric Schwartz and Isabel Vander Stoep talk through covering the January 7-9 flood in the Lewis County area and welcome on Eric Rosane for his stories on covering the rising waters.

News Dump Ep. 79: Mystery Chickens and a Moment of Silence for Dennis Hadaller On the 79th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz cover the mystery of the chickens in Olympia, floods coming, New Year’s Eve stuff, keeping the Christmas spirit alive, and the long, full life of Dennis Hadaller.

News Dump Ep. 78: Tell That Snow to Stay Out of Our Swamp On the 78th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl and Eric Schwartz pull off a two-hander and cover all the snow they’re happy to see melt, Christmas cheer, a burglary in Chehalis, giving quarantine facilities the boot, a rash of graffiti, Jim Walsh citing Brown v. the Board of Education, and chickens in the cold. SEE YA NEXT YEAR!

Sports Dump Ep. 18: Fitting 10 Pounds of C2BL into a 5-Pound Bag The Chronicle Sports Guys discuss the continuing confusion in the C2BL, the Tumwater/WF West race(s) in the EvCo, state tournament allocations, and more. Sponsored by Goebel Septic and Elam’s Home Furnishing and Sleep Center.

News Dump Ep. 77: TransAlta Clause is Coming to Town On the 77th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss the big conspiracies around the health code violations (and perhaps sale) at Yard Birds, Mackinaws’ run-in with the LCB, White Pass for sale, a spike in ATM thefts and indecent exposure (unrelated), and more.

Sports Dump Ep. 16: The C2BL is Getting Wild The Chronicle Sports Guys discuss the weird situation in the C2BL boys basketball standings, where to host the All-Area football photo, and Drea Brumfield’s various career records (and who has the current/old records). Sponsored by Goebel Septic and Elam’s Home Furnishing and Sleep Center.

News Dump Ep. 76: $2.1M? Best I Can Do Is Bottomless Puppies On the 76th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Isabel Vander Stoep and Eric Schwartz discuss the growth in Packwood, a few pre-filed bills, the animal shelter dustup and its legal pricetag, and getting off your ass to count some Christmas birds.

Sports Dump Ep. 15: So Long, Football, We Hardly Knew You The Chronicle Sports Guys discuss the 2B and 2A state football championship games and run through which teams and players have impressed them so far in this young prep basketball season, before going over The Chronicle’s All-Area girls soccer and volleyball teams. Sponsored by Goebel Septic and Elam’s Home Furnishing and Sleep Center.

News Dump Ep. 75: Part Man, Part Machine, All Christmas Cheer On the 75th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss Christmas caroling, Santa Claus, Christmas lights and parades, as well as Old Man TransAlta’s big sink, the Lewis County budget and $15 million poll, an (allegedly) unclothed man, a golden ticket to hunt whatever you want, and more.

News Dump Ep. 74: What If They Spent $15M on One Big Phone? On the 74th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss Santa parades, a walkout at Centralia high school, an open school board seat, the closed-door legislative roundtable, a new challenger for JHB, and McCroskey’s take on the budget request.

Sports Dump Ep. 14: It’s the Finals Countdown In the leadup to the state football championships, Aaron, Eric and Alec cover the semifinal results and take a good long look at the Napavine-Kalama matchup for the 2B title. They review the recent 2B championship game history, debate whether Kalama’s big-play offense will have the same success against Napavine, discuss the Tumwater/Lynden 2A title gam...

News Dump Ep. 73: Taking Up Arms Against Flying Pervert Robots On the 73rd episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss the Sheriff’s (successful) request for more deputies, DB Cooper and the money he spent, a for-profit animal shelter, why shooting down potentially voyeuristic drones SHOULD be legal, an exasperated Winlock civil servant, and Christmas tree hunts.