A failed solar inverter has Covelo’s award-winning library passing the hat

MENDOCINO CO., 8/12/26 — Just two years after it was named the best small library in America, the Round Valley library is asking its neighbors for help keeping the lights on.

The solar inverter that runs the Library Commons — the downtown building that houses Covelo’s public library — has failed, and the Friends of the Round Valley Public Library are trying to raise $6,000 to replace it. The group made the appeal on Facebook and is collecting donations at the library, at the weekly farmers market, and this weekend at the Blackberry Festival.