General News

Academic institutions are set to play a central role in “Axixic Vive 2025,” the local program of activities tied into Day of the Dead festivities.

Students and parents from Ajijic’s Escuela Saúl Rodiles Piña appear to have spurred state and local authorities into action after staging a protest during the September 16 Independence Day parade. Their hand-lettered signs carried messages such as “We demand the reconstruction of our school,” “The budget is approved. Why haven’t they started?” and “Without the school, there is no future.”

With the 2025 edition of Feria Maestros del Arte opening in just four weeks, it’s the perfect time to explain why organizers describe the event as “A heart show, not just another art show.”

Dozens of Lake Chapala tourist boat operators, city hall staffers and volunteers pitched in for the lirio acuático cleanup campaign that took place last weekend under the auspices of the local government.

El Hospitalito, the former Catholic chapel at the heart of San Juan Cosalá, was officially reopened as a cultural center on Saturday, October 5, following a restoration project that began in 2016.

A section of the western leg of the Chapala Malecón (boardwalk) was cordoned off for safety reasons early Monday, September 29, after a long crack in the surface was detected by local tourist police officers on patrol.

A segment of Calle Zaragoza, an interior south-north street running through downtown Chapala, has been closed to through traffic while a major upgrade is in progress.

Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre highlighted a sterling record in reducing the local crime rate during his four consecutive years in office as he outlined the achievements of his administration at the September 25 Informe de Gobierno (state of the municipality report).