Good Morning Quincy WA Daily Brief – Monday, June 29 2026

Good Morning Quincy, WA – Monday, June 29, 2026

Your daily local update for Quincy, George, Winchester, Crescent Bar & Sunland Estates.

Today’s highlights:

• 🚨 Travel Alert: SR 28 closed east of Rock Island due to wildfire activity with no detour available; extended delays expected between Quincy and Wenatchee.
• 🌤 Weather: Mostly cloudy early, becoming mostly sunny with a high near 82°. Breezy with northwest winds gusting up to 30 mph.
• ☕ Around Town: Coffee Hour, Line Dancing and Bridge at the Quincy Senior Center.
• 📚 Summer Fun: Quincy Public Library Summer Reading Program is underway with activities, challenges and prizes for all ages.
• 🍎 Free Summer Meals: Quincy School District’s summer meal program continues with sit-and-eat and pickup meal options for children ages 0–18.
• 🔍 Library Event: Kid Energy Detectives program arrives Thursday, July 2, teaching children how to save energy through hands-on activities.
• 🎨 Crafternoon: Weekly Tuesday afternoon crafts return to the Quincy Public Library.
• 🎯 Parks & Recreation: Cornhole Summer League registration remains open; Micro Soccer registration opens July 1.
• 🎤 Community Events: Poetry Open Mic Night returns July 1 at the Quincy Valley Museum.
• 🎸 Fourth of July: Jeremy McComb’s Honky Tonk Circus comes to George Community Hall benefiting veterans and active-duty military.
• ⛪ Vacation Bible School: Summer VBS season continues with St. Paul’s Lutheran, First Baptist and Quincy Free Methodist Churches beginning in July.
• 🏃 Community Sports: Register now for the Quincy Booster Club Fourth of July Color Run supporting Quincy High School Cross Country.
• 😊 Dad Joke of the Day: Where do boats go when they’re sick? To the dock!

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Good Morning Quincy WA Daily Brief – Monday, June 29 2026 

Good morning, Quincy. Today is Monday, June 29th, 2026, and this is the Good Morning Quincy, Washington newscast with your daily local update for Quincy, George, Winchester, Crescent Bar, Summer Estates, and all of the surrounding area. If it matters in the nine eight four eight, you'll hear it here. In the next few minutes, we'll cover today's weather, what's happening around town, school sports and activities, school, city council, police, fire, church, community, and local business news.

Whether you're heading to work, getting the kids out the door, or just easing into your day, we're here to help you stay connected to what's happening in our community. Grab your coffee, get ready for your day, and let's start with today's forecast. Currently about sixty here. Today is twenty percent chance of rain showers before eleven AM, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny with a high near eighty-two.

Breezy with northwest winds sixteen to twenty-one miles per hour decreasing in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as thirty miles per hour. Tonight, partly cloudy with a low around fifty-seven. Breezy with the northwest wind, fifteen to twenty miles per hour, decreasing as night goes on. Pretty typical basin weather.

Right off the bat, we want to start with an emergency notification. Currently, State Route 28 is closed east of Rock Island due to fire activity. Westbound traffic is stopped fourteen miles west of Quincy at the weigh station. Milepost thirteen. Eastbound traffic is stopped at milepost nine, one mile east of Rock Island.

This is expected to be an extended closure due to the fires. No detour is available. If you're heading from Quincy towards Wenatchee or vice versa, please check before you attempt to make the crossing. Right now, all traffic is closed, and they are not expecting it to open up anytime soon. This will have a great effect on your day if you're making that commute.

If you're looking for a reason to celebrate other than the fact that, hey, you might not be going to work today, today is International Industrial Design Day. It's also International Camera Day, Hug Holiday, and National Waffle Iron Day. So today's a great day to give a lot of hugs, make some yummy waffles, and then take your camera and capture lots of pictures of interesting buildings Today around town, the Quincy Senior Center is hosting coffee hour at 10:00 AM, line dancing at 1:00 PM.

They also host bridge today at 2:15 PM. We're starting the week a little bit slow. Everybody's coming down from a w- big weekend, and I will not have the menu up today on welcomeToQuincyWawa.com as I'm away from my menu calendar right now. The summer library program has begun. Summer is here and they have a season full of reading, creativity, and fun at the Quincy Public Library.

Stop by the library to sign up or join any time afterwards and jump into a summer packed with activities, challenges, and prizes. Also, the school's free school meals program is back in effect for the Quincy School District. Children ages zero to 18 can enjoy free meals this summer through our Sit and Eat program or the Pick Up Meal program.

There's only two pickups per week, except Quincy Rec Center. Multiple meals at once, no need for children to be present for the pickup, easy drive-through service, or the Sit and Eat sites at the Quincy City Parks or the recreation building June 23rd through August 8th, Monday through Friday. Breakfast is from 7:30 to 8:00 AM, and lunch is from 11:30 to 12:15 PM for the Sit and Eat sites.

Pickup sites include Quincy Middle s- Quincy Middle School and George Elementary. Once again, that's June 22nd through June 30th. Monday is six meals per child and Thursday is eight meals per child from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Now it is Monday, and especially with a fire blocking us off from Wenatchee, we gotta make sure we start the day with a proper smile. So here's your daily dad joke for that smile on your face. Where do boats go when they're sick? To the dark

In upcoming events, on Thursday, July 2nd, the Quincy Public Library is calling all kid detectives. Grant PD needs you for a mission to track down energy waste. Join us for a free energizing educational event from 2:30 to 3:30 PM. During this one-hour learning lab, the curious and colorful monster detectives will teach elementary-aged kids how energy is made, how it's used, and how they can reduce their energy.

Through this interactive presentation, kids will become energy detectives to be empowered to lead their families making wise energy use choices. Each kid will receive an engaging activity sheet to continue their learning at home. Come join the fun. Also, the library has Crafternoon for kids coming back into full swing for the summer.

They're calling all young artists and creators. Get ready to make something amazing. Join us on Tuesdays at 2:30 PM for hands-on creativity. Each week features a brand-new craft with all the supplies provided. Kids can create and explore their imaginations in a welcoming and safe place. Crafts are geared towards school-aged kids, but younger children are welcome, too.

They may just need a little help-- extra help from their grown-ups. Space is limited, so be sure and come early and grab your spot. Let's get crafty together this summer. The Quincy Rec Department announced that they are now accepting reservations for their Cornhole Summer League. The cost is $45 per team.

The teams must be co-ed. Matches will go from July 8th through August 12th on Wednesday nights at the East Park from 6 to 8 PM. Register now to reserve your spot. If you have questions, call 509-787-3523, extension 5, or email them at recreation@quincywashington.us. The Quincy Historic Society would like to announce Poetry Open Mic Night by the Quincy Valley Historical Society Museum.

It's July 1st at the Quincy Valley Museum at 7 PM. They're doing this monthly. If you've got an itch for poetry, this is your opportunity. If you're looking for a great way to celebrate Independence Day in the 9848, then you should be on-- this should be on your radar. Jeremy McComb's Honky Tonk Circus is coming to George Community Hall on July 4th for a night of live country music, good friends, small town fun.

Even better, the event is helping support veterans and active duty members of the military who receive free admission as a thank you for their service. Live country music, great community atmosphere, supporting veterans and active duty military. George Community Hall, July 4th. Tickets are available at veteransoperationcreation.com.

In church events, here's your summer VBS schedule. We've wrapped up the first VBS of the year at Faith Community Church, and that was a great event. Starting next week at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, VBS is July 6th through July 10th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Also, the First Baptist Church VBS is running July 6th through July 10th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM daily.

Following week, Quincy Free Methodist Church VBS will be from July 13th through July 17th from 5:30 to 7:30 PM each night

Do, do double-check on the State Route 28 closures. As we all know, the fires around here are an ever-evolving situation, but it does not look like it's gonna end anytime soon. So be sure, check in with work, check traffics, make sure that you're not driving into that mess and getting stuck sitting there for hours and just clogging up the situation worse

Now let's move into city admin news, school announcements, and a handful of summer opportunities from camps to recreational programs that are beginning to take shape around the nine eight four eight. The Quincy Rec Department wants you to know that micro soccer registration for U5 through U12 starts July 1st.

All youth are divided by grade year. You can register at the city website or email recreation@quincywashington.com for more details

In school news, come join the fun for the Fourth of July 5K Color Run. The Quincy Booster Club for the Quincy High School is running a fun run for the Fourth of July down at Crescent Bar to support the Quincy High School cross-country program. Register by 8:00 AM and the race begins at 8:30 AM. For more information, email drjohnson@qsd.wednet.edu.

That's Dr. Johnson at the school's typical URLs Let's wrap out today with a great quote from Winston Churchill, "The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible."

That's your local update for today, and thank you for starting your morning with the Good Morning Quincy Washington Newscast, the local news for the 98848 community. If you have an event, announcement, school activity, church gathering, or community update you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you because this show is about our community told by our people.

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