The municipality of Chapala has been designated to become a new and vibrant regional hub for cultural activities, announced Jalisco Minister of Culture Giovana Jaspersen during a meeting with local representatives of all forms of artistic expression.

The body of U.S. citizen Jason Eric Bailey, 53, was discovered early Thursday, November 7, in the rental home he occupied in the Hamacas Country Villas condo complex in San Antonio Tlayacapan.

Cooperation between Mexican and United States authorities led to the capture of a man and woman sought by Texas police as suspects of felony theft, and persons of interest in a recent double homicide case.

The Chapala government is preparing to run a public opinion poll to select the design for pedestrian crosswalks in central Ajijic before continuing the rehabilitation of Calle Constitución-Ocampo.

A launch party for a new helicopter tour service held Saturday, October 28 at Chapala’s Cristiania Park was applauded by the local government for introducing an innovative lakeside tourist attraction, and simultaneously reviled by scores of local residents who take it as an unwanted nuisance to the community.

Turnout at first Met Live HD transmission in Ajijic on October 12 exceeded the expectations of many long-time Lakeside arts and music experts, Chapala Opera Guild Chairman Howard Willis said this week.