It’s August, which can only mean one thing on the Western Slope; it is now peach season! If you’ve spent any time around the Grand Valley during late summer, you’ll know that we can get a bit crazy over our peaches. Everywhere you look, it’s peach cobbler, peach jam, peach wine, peach ice cream, or […]
Continue readingPublishers Weekly 8/25/23
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Lion & Lamb: Two Investigators. Two Rivals. One Hell of a Crime by James Patterson Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride None of This Is True by […]
Continue readingPublishers Weekly 8/19/23
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Happiness by Danielle Steel The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Happy Place by Emily Henry Out of Nowhere by […]
Continue readingLocal History Thursday: Betty the Monkey’s Escape from Grand Junction’s Lincoln Park Zoo
Sometime in the late 1930’s or early 1940’s, a monkey named Betty escaped from the Lincoln Park Zoo. The Lincoln Park Zoo was a small zoo that was located in Grand Junction’s Lincoln Park in the early and mid-Twentieth century. According to William “Bill” Ela, who grew up to become a Mesa County District […]
Continue readingPublishers Weekly 8/12/23
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Out of Nowhere by Sandra Brown Happy Place by Emily Henry Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The Collector by Daniel Silva Dead Fall: A Thriller by Brad Thor Obsessed: A Psychological Thriller by James Patterson […]
Continue readingPublishers Weekly 8/5/23
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Light Bringer: A Red Rising Novel by Pierce Brown Dead Fall: A Thriller by Brad Thor Happy Place by Emily Henry The Collector by Daniel Silva Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena […]
Continue readingPublishers Weekly 7/29/23
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The Collector by Daniel Silva A Soul of Ash and Blood: A Blood and Ash Novel by Jennifer L. Armentrout Happy Place by Emily Henry Obsessed: A Psychological Thriller by James Patterson Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand Demon […]
Continue readingClifton Branch to close Aug. 12 for move to new location; new library to open Aug. 29
The Mesa County Libraries Clifton Branch at 590 32 Road will close permanently at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, for the move to a new location. The new Clifton Branch, currently in the late stages of construction at 3270 D 1/2 Road (next to Rocky Mountain Elementary School), is set to open at 9 a.m. […]
Continue readingPublishers Weekly 7/22/23
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Obsessed: A Psychological Thriller by James Patterson Happy Place by Emily Henry The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Must Love Flowers by Debbie Macomber The Only One Left by Riley Sager Cross Down: An Alex […]
Continue readingLocal History Thursday: Butch Cassidy’s Ride to Hell
It goes without saying, but Butch Cassidy was a real fascinating character. Despite being one of the Old West’s most notorious outlaws, he’s almost talked about as a sort of folk hero. Unlike many other outlaws and gangsters of American past, like Jesse James and Al Capone, Butch Cassidy is firmly established within an almost […]
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