General News

Despite the radical adjustments in teaching methods employed in regular classroom settings during the worst months of the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of lakeside area students have overcome learning obstacles to excel and earn distinction in several recent academic competitions.

A resident of Chapala was mowed down and killed by a hit-and-run driver early Sunday, June 5, on the Chapala-Jocotepec highway near the turnoff to upper Chula Vista. The fatal accident occurred between 6:30 and 7 a.m.

Chapala saw its dreams of being crowned champions of the 2022 Copa Jalisco soccer tournament dashed after the men’s team went down to defeat in back-to-back matches against Tecalitlán in the first round of the knock-out phase.

Acclaimed historian and author Tony Burton has done it again!

Officials from Chapala’s Department of Regulations, Inspection and Vigilance slapped closure orders on two local grocery shops holding permits to sell liquor products after detecting that they were dispensing alcoholic beverages to minors.

While supporters of SOS Chapala Dog Rescue lament the municipal government’s initiative to abandon the canine shelter the group has operated for the last two years, neighbors of the La Canacinta site view the opening of an alternative refuge as a long-awaited blessing. 

Garbagemen employed by Girrsa, the private company under contract with the Chapala municipal government to handle daily trash collection services, staged a work walkout first thing Monday, June 6, further aggravating on-going problems of solid waste management in the community.

Local motorists were taken by surprise when a series of three sizable speed bumps cropped up without warning on Tuesday, May 31, along Chapala’s Avenida Hidalgo in the vicinity of the Hotel Villa Montecarlo.