The Chronicle News Dump

Sports Dump: Swamp Cup Week and the Playoffs Are Near This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 7 of the prep football season and all the usual sports stuff. This week’s topics cover the Week 7 games, the District 4 2A golf tournament, Mossyrock volleyball staying undefeated, W.F. West boys tennis staying undefeated, Napavine football staying undefeated, picking the 114th Swamp Cup, RPI rankings, the AP...

News Dump Ep. 68: We Didn’t Start The Fire (But Your Girlfriend Allegedly Did) On the 68th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss Tenino football (!), Sean Swope’s opposition to a state of emergency, the sale of Centralia’s old golf course, a bank robbery, a new Port CEO, ToledoTel going wide and a city council candidate’s past.

Sports Dump: Week 7 Preview and “But Who Have They Played??” This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 6 of the prep football season and all the usual sports topics. Sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings and Goebel Septic! 1:20 - COVID schedule updates 3:30 - Week 6 in Review 10:30 - Other Sports Are Happening 16:20 - The Perfect Report / RPI Talk 23:30 - AP Poll Report 28:10 - Grid Picks Week 7

News Dump Ep. 67: Old Man Transalta, Dam On the 67th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss the latest dealing in Old Man TransAlta’s holdings, not-EDC awards, candy buy-backs, the DAD board, and more.

This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 5 of the prep football season and all the usual sports topics. Sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings and Goebel Septic! 0:28 - The Urban Question 2:10 - Week 5 Review 13:00 - Other Sports Are Happening 17:45 - State Football Allocations 26:45 - Who’s Undefeated 28:30 - RPI Report 30:30 - AP Rankings 37:50 - Grid Picks

News Dump Ep. 66: Give Me Liberty or Give Me FreedomWeen On the 66th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss the potential candidates for the open county commissioner spot, get into Booooocoda’s Halloween festivities, wonder when they’ll get invited to the Artober judging panel, and misinterpret the implications of FreedomWeen.

This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 4 of the prep football season and all the usual sports topics. Sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings and Goebel Septic! 2:30 - Week 4 football recap 14:30 - Other Sports Report! Soccer, volleyball, etc. 19:40 - Undefeated teams check-in 28:00 - RPI report 34:00 - GRID PICKS

News Dump Ep. 65: Chronicle Publisher Faces the Music (And the Commenters) On this 65th episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl is joined by a different Eric (Rosane) and a different Taylor (Chad) to discuss the upcoming Best of Lewis County awards, candidate forums, deworming livestock, Ross McDowell saving the day, a day care debacle, plastic bags and Hank Kirk. Sponsored as always by...

This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 3’s football games, a bunch of rankings, Centralia’s Von Wasson and his very good round of golf, the first RPI rankings, and more. 2:00 - Week 3 football in review 13:45 - Goebel Septic ad (big fans!) 15:30 - Other Sports especially golfer Von Wasson 23:35 - betting on which teams stay undefeated the longest 26:40 - the first RPI football rankings of the year ar...

On this 64th episode, Chronicle associate editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Franklin Taylor discuss the RINO party in Chehalis, a beaver shooting expedition in Rochester, listener questions, Debbie Campbell, Harlan Thompson, the sale of Sunbirds, and two columns from one columnist that just kind of bled together. Sponsored as always by Summit Funding!

Eric Trent, Matt Baide and Aaron VanTuyl — three current or former Chronicle sports editors — talk about what happened in Week 2 of the prep football season, discuss the AP poll, weigh in on Grid Picks, learn about Shelton’s swimming pool and talk about the fact that a Pe Ell-Valley combo is playing a Raymond-South Bend combo this week. Sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings and Goebel Septic!

News Dump Ep. 63: “Dear Jay I Wrote You But You Still Ain’t Callin’” On this 63rdt episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Franklin Taylor discuss Winlock’s mayoral proclo-letter, the Mystery Tennant at the Port of Chehalis, firefighters and teachers and vaccines, one heartbreaking story, planes in parks, and more.

It’s Week 2 and we’ve already got some KEY state matchups to talk about. The sports crew covers the big Napavine/Onalaska game, looks back on the surprises from Week 1, realizes Centralia has a new athletic director, and questions if Tenino bringing in a small-school opponent for its home opener just like UW did could be a mistake. Plus Grid Picks and a look at the rest of the local sports landsca...

News Dump Ep. 62: It’s Dark and Wal-Mart Is Hot On this 61st episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Franklin Taylor discuss the tragedy of Wal-Mart closing, Matt Gaetz hanging out with Joe Kent, local politics and more.

Welcome to Sports Dump! In the first episode of The Chronicle’s Lewis County sports podcast (formerly known was Let’s Take About It), host Aaron VanTuyl quizzes sports editor Eric Trent and sports reporter Alec Dietz about their preseason experiences and football breakdowns of the Evergreen 2A Conference, the 1A Evergreen League, the SWW 2B League, and the Pac-5. Also featuring this week’s Grid Pi...

On this 61st episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Franklin Taylor discuss new police reform laws, the masks coming on in Onalaska, a Friday the 13th summer camp in Mineral, Bobby Jackson’s $2,700 bill, a bar fight injury, dead cats and more. Plus, a Best of Lewis County announcement and a big sports podcast announcement.

On this 60th episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Franklin Taylor discuss Monday’s “Save the Fair” meeting, the new Little Miss Friendly, a wild candidate forum, stealing $1,000 worth of horny pills, and the false hearsay from another publication that brought on Thursday’s fiery editorial.

On this 59th episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Franklin Taylor discuss World War 2 veterans, Starbucks coming to town kind of, masks in Onalaska, the fair, and the Best of Lewis County voting.

On this 58th episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and ya boy Luke Kilgore cover the latest in elections, and Camo, and Spiffy’s, and a poplar farm, and an old elementary school, and a lot of other stuff.

On this 57th episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and special guest Pete Caster talk about the Chehalis School District’s new policy, changes in Packwood, a city council candidate forum, the auditor’s test of ballot systems, and a tight-lipped editor’s take on the sale of two Chehalis school buildings.

On this 56th episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and the Hoquiam hustler himself Luke Kilgore talk about living in a pro-proclamation county, Kilgore’s sick new gig, the Best of Lewis County nominations, and dangerous dogs in Winlock. The hosts also have a big announcement about being invited to MC the Tenino Oregon Trail Days parade on Saturday.

On this 55th episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Number One Boy Luke Kilgore talk about county proclamations, Larry Miner, Steve Ward, yet another election, music at the SWW Fair and Bill Nye being here.

On this 54th episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Number One Boy Luke Kilgore talk about FESTIVAL WEEKEND in Lewis County, dunk on Jim Walsh for his recent offensive comments, the big ballin’ commissioners buying up more property, traffic updates along I-5, and solving the mystery of the missing statue outside the Chehalis Timberland Library.

On this 53rd episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Number One Boy Luke Kilgore talk about a malnourished editor in chief, horses in Winlock, the county pinching pennies on parks but not parking lots, Centralia’s splash pad soap issue, and Randy Mueller taking the gun show on the road.

On this 52st episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and pal Luke Kilgore talk about the Packwood sewer system, an interesting Chehalis School Board meeting, Michael Wagar’s latest lakeside name drop, and Brian Mittge’s fishing trip.