The talent of local artists, and the faces and the places of this corner of the world were on full display at the Quincy Valley Historical Society and Museum last month.
Bridget Jones, a student at Quincy High School earned an honorable mention in the writing contest “Teen Short Fiction Competition,” organized by Write on the River, a nonprofit organization that supports, coaches and promotes writers from all around north central Washington.
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A community garden has taken root and is growing across the street from Quincy High School, with 18 raised beds in place last week and 10 more on the way.
Local veterans presented traditional Memorial Day services Monday at Quincy Valley Cemetery to honor and remember military personnel who died in service of their country.
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Hailey Beegle and Diego Pacheco were among the performers who represented Quincy at the State Solo and Ensemble competition at Central Washington University at the end of April.
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Some of the most talented young voices of the valley helped people forget the autumnal weather of a May evening, one song at a time during the Sing! fundraiser at the Quincy Valley Museum May 13.
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The Quincy Family Festival, a bilingual event, kicked off with a parade Saturday. A variety of groups and organizations gathered under cloudy skies to bring some color to the afternoon.
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These are heady times for Expressions Dance Studio.
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An opportunity to get your hands dirty and grow things is coming soon in Quincy. The city and local volunteers have started organizing a community garden on the long strip of bare ground along the south side of Jackrabbit Street, across from Quincy High School.
The Quincy FFA and the members of the Horticulture Class at Quincy High School would like to invite you to their annual Spring Plant Sale. The sale begins on Wednesday April 27 with hours from 2 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. The sale will be open the same hours on Thursday April 28, and on Saturday A…
Quincy high-schoolers Yanetzi Gonzalez, Jose Contreras and Eric Ramirez took the top three spots at Skills USA’s state firefighting skills competition for students in Wenatchee earlier this month.
A long-sought goal of some community-minded Quincy folks is about to be reached. Quincy Valley Cemetery will soon have a memorial pavilion built where families and friends can gather, in rain, snow or sun, to remember their departed loved ones.
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In most cases, staying after school to do math sounds as appealing to little children as a trip to the dentist or the castor oil factory.
Quincy FFA members competed in the District IX FFA Leadership Development Events on March 18 at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake to try and earn one of the four spots available in each event in state FFA competition in May.
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Ancient Lakes Elementary School’s STEAM Night on March 17 helped stimulate young minds and make leprechauns cautious.
The Quincy FFA Chapter was represented in three events at the first FFA District IX Leadership and Career Development Events.
Twenty-eight-year-old Jordyn Etue, a fourth-grade teacher from Quincy has a big heart.
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Editor’s note: A reader shared this with us, and although it’s not a March milestone, we are sharing it with you now, in light of the outstanding season the 2022 QHS hoopsters just closed. Thanks! -Sebastian Moraga.
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About 50 vehicles were lined up before the 11 a.m. start of a Second Harvest food distribution event in Quincy on Wednesday.
The traditional spaghetti feed to support Quincy fourth-graders’ field trip to Seattle was back Friday night, and still very popular, even though the event last year was canceled due to pandemic-related limitations.
Scotland is home to a great deal of our history and culture. You can visit Scotland for many reasons: to see the Scottish Highlands; to visit ancestral homes and research genealogy; to see the Monty Python Holy Grail castle; to learn more of the history of the Stirling Castle and the Cullode…
Petitioning residents along White Trail Road got half of what they asked for in a letter and petition to Grant County commissioners.
In 2021, a group of residents signed a petition and stated their requests for changes in the speed limit on two sections of the road. Here is an excerpt from their petition.
Mixing a bit of nostalgia in with the exuberance of youth theater, Quincy High School Theater will open with its version of “High School Musical” on March 4.
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Note: This story has been updated since its original upload. The original misidentified the type of machinery used in the demolition.
On Feb. 17, the Quincy Senior Center declared February a month to honor our region’s war veterans, and thanked them with a special dinner, filled with special moments, mementos and memories shared by members of the center. The oldest picture was of World War I veteran Jack Fancher.
North Washington Way in George will be rebuilt, and its intersection with Royal Anne Drive and East Richmond Avenue might get a makeover, in a project the George City Council voted on Feb. 15.
The neighbors and sometimes rivals met in neutral ground and jammed like there was no tomorrow.
Ancient Lakes Elementary principal Colleen Frerks will serve as the next principal of Quincy Innovation Academy, replacing the retiring Kathie Brown.
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Students in Quincy School District will benefit from continued funding for programs such as athletics and music and much more following the county’s final count of ballots in the Feb. 8 special election.
Voters in Quincy School District showed strong support for the Quincy School District’s Proposition 1 in the special election that occurred Feb. 8. The first ballot count released by Grant County on Tuesday night showed 61.7% in favor and 38.3% voting against the measure.
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Two years later, it’s still a big deal.
Masquers Theater’s latest play is Sean Grennan’s “Beer For Breakfast”, which runs for two more weekends at the venerable Soap Lake stage.
The Quincy City Council covered a few items, including two ordinances, in its Feb. 1 meeting.
Trying new things and discovering talents can be fun.
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