At last report, firefighters have made headway in combating an extensive wildfire that has been raging deep in the mountain range dividing Lake Chapala’s north shore and Ixtahuacán de los Membrillos since Saturday, April 27.

Lakeside communities will benefit from substantial government investment in street and highway infrastructure improvement programmed for this year, despite inconveniences that may arise as projects get rolling on par with the start of the summer rainy season.

Students studying engineering in digital animation and visual effects at Chapala’s Instituto Tecnológico Mario Molina came home from the April 22-27 Talent Land confab in Guadalajara with a gold medal win in the Digital Short Film competition.

Chapala and Jocotepec are among 121 municipalities designated  to receive brand new heavymachinery through Jalisco’s A Todo Maquina program to boost agricultural activities and public services.

Newly elected town administrators took the oath of office on Monday, April 15.

On the heels of last week’s grand opening of the Hospital San Antonio (HSA), the groundwork is being laid for the launch of a volunteer service program to complement the work of paid staff.