LIBRARY SEEKS TEEN VOLUNTEERS
Teen volunteers ages 14â18 are needed this summer to help with Summer Reading, happening June 1âJuly 17, at Mesa County Libraries.
Volunteers will help sign up Summer Reading participants, assist with summer events, distribute prizes, and help with other library tasks. Teen volunteer opportunities are available at the Central Library in Grand Junction and several other library locations throughout Mesa County.
Interested teens can go to the library’s Teen Volunteer Portal at mesacountylibraries.org/teens/volunteer or email volunteer@mcpld.org for information.
CDOT BEGINS U.S. 50 WORK
The Colorado Department of Transportation and Elam Construction broke ground on a project on Friday to improve a stretch of U.S. Highway 50 between Grand Junction and Delta.
Gov. Jared Polis has appointed well-known Denver politico Alvina Maria Vasquez to the Western Colorado University Board of Trustees, the school said Tuesday.
Vasquez was the political director on the governor s 2018 core campaign team, building his network of key leaders and supporters. Vasquez is the founder and president of strategy and public relations firm Power Map Ltd.
She is the former senior vice president in the Colorado office of Strategies 360, where she lengthened her resume on a variety of local and national campaigns. She was listed among the Denver Business Journals s 40 Under 40 in 2016.
Vasquez has an undergraduate degree from Regis University in Denver and is a current fellow at the Latino Leadership Institute Executive Program at the Daniels College of Business. She has served on a host of boards for causes around education, equality and civic engagement.
Western Colorado University’s Board of Trustees issued a statement of support for the university’s president, Greg Salsbury, weeks after the university’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution asking for new leadership. The Faculty Senate passed its resolution Feb. 22 following controversial comments from Salsbury about the January attack on the U.S. Capitol that temporarily