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 [email protected].

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 [email protected].

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.

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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) sports editor Josh Kirshenbaum fulfills a yearlong dream to appear on the OTHER Chronicle podcast to cover the latest in the YMCA saga and run through this week’s segments. Email us at [email protected]. Brought to you by SUMMIT FUNDING, CHEHALIS OUTFITTERS and THE ROOF DOCTOR! Listen to past episodes or subscribe here: https://apple.co/3sSbNC5.