Chapala city hall is cranking up the pace to complete major public works projects by the end of next month, Mayor Javier Degollado declared during an inspection tour to various sites on Tuesday, January 16.

The second stage of the Ajijic highway improvement project finally got underway after dark on Tuesday, January 9.

Ajijic artist Janice Kimball is up for an encore as the keynote speaker for the first anniversary Women’s March of Ajijic.

Enrique Alfaro, on leave from his post as Guadalajara mayor to seek the Movimiento Ciudadano nomination in the 2018 governor’s race, posed for photos and selfies with his supporters during a January 4 campaign stop in Chapala.

Faced with apparently insurmountable challenges in managing local garbage collection, the Chapala government has opted to contract a private company to operate the service.

Officials from Jalisco’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works (SIOP) have confirmed plans to rehabilitate the Chapala-Guadalajara highway in 2018.