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Antonio Clark has already accomplished much as a young man. He was a standout football player for Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver. He also played cornerback for the Colorado Mesa University football team, and became the first person in his family to graduate from college. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment, though, came as a community […]
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Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins Billy Summers by Stephen King Berserk Deluxe Volume 8 by Kentaro Miura and Illustrated by Kentaro Miura, Translation by Duane Johnson The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny The Noise by James Patterson and J.D. Barker Complications […]
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Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny Billy Summers by Stephen King The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Lightning Strike, 18 by William Kent Krueger The Noise by James Patterson and J.D. Barker Complications by Danielle Steel The Love Songs of […]
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Dr. Hannah Marie Wormington was a woman who studied and worked hard to stand out and have her voice heard in a profession full of men, and in the realm of discovery her hard work paid off. Hannah Marie was an anthropologist, a writer of published texts, an educator, an explorer, and an archaeologist. She […]
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Check out our monthly Staff Picks for some fresh titles, recommended to you and yours from the Mesa County Libraries staff. Click on any of the images below to be directed to our catalog to get your hands on these terrific items. Alayna’s Pick The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays On A Human-Centered Planet by John Green […]
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Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: Bloodless by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Billy Summers by Stephen King Complications by Danielle Steel The Noise by James Patterson and J.D. Barker The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Sensor by Junji Ito The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller […]
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This summer, Mesa County Libraries celebrated 24 students who completed studies in two high-school education programs offered through Mesa County Libraries. The students completed their studies in 2020 and 2021 and graduated from the Career Online High School (COHS) and GED preparation programs offered through the library. COHS is a program designed for adults who […]
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I first heard about the supposed valley curse in 1990. A friend had gone away to college and come back before finishing. He said, “It must be the valley curse.” When I asked what that was, he explained that when the Utes were forcibly removed from the Grand Valley in 1881, they cursed the white […]
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The drive-up book return at the Central Library in downtown Grand Junction is temporarily closed for installation of a drive-through service window. The library is installing a drive-through window in order to make Curbside Pick-Up more convenient for patrons and more efficient for library staff to serve. Construction will disrupt the drive-through lane, so the […]
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Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publishers Weekly: Fiction: Billy Summers by Stephen King The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Cellist by Daniel Silva […]
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