The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Traffic ramped up across the state this week as 1.57 million students and nearly 86,000 teachers returned to classrooms on Monday, August 31, marking the official start of the 2026‑2027 academic year for Jalisco’s basic education system.
The expansion of the Guadalajara-Chapala highway is set to resume on September 7, Jalisco authorities announced last week. The project, which will extend the route of the Macrobus (BRT) Line 5 toward Chapala, aims to transform the state’s busiest traffic corridor into a modern, high-capacity expressway.
The Jalisco Civil Protection and Firefighters Unit is beginning the process of obtaining international certification for its USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) team through INSARAG, a United Nations body specializing in these capabilities, Sergio Ramírez López, the director of the State Civil Protection Unit, revealed during the recent celebration of Firefighters’ Day.
Despite a promising start to the rainy season, August brought less rainfall than expected to much of Jalisco, according to experts from the University of Guadalajara’s Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology (IAM).
New HIV diagnoses in Jalisco dropped five percent last year (1,121 vs. 1,177 in 2024), with the Health Department (SSJ) projecting under 1,000 new cases for 2026 if the trend holds.
Amazing young women from Jalisco have once again proven their prowess in triumphing in beauty pageants.
Michoacán woke up to a wave of coordinated violence on the morning of Wednesday, August 19.
Criminal organizations set up at least 24 road blockades across the state and set fire to private and commercial vehicles in several municipalities, including Zamora, Morelia, Zacapu and Quiroga.
The rapid growth of motorcycles on the roads of Jalisco has been accompanied by an increase in traffic accidents and fatalities, according to data from the State Council for Accident Prevention (CEPAJ).
The University of Guadalajara (UdeG) will roll out its “Presente” strategy gradually through a pilot program aimed at reducing cellphone use among its roughly 100,000 high school students.