Urban Sprawl Threatens the Water Beneath Mérida
In Yucatán, what goes down the drain doesn’t go far. That is the warning from Francisco Bautista Zúñiga, a soil and karst specialist at UNAM, Mexico’s national university, who says Mérida’s rapid growth is moving ahead without enough regard for the porous ground the city sits on, putting the region’s only freshwater source at risk.…
Continue Reading Urban Sprawl Threatens the Water Beneath Mérida
Bird Flu Returns to Yucatán; Officials Say Eggs Are Safe
Federal agriculture officials confirmed a case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at a commercial egg farm in Umán, just southwest of Mérida, and ordered the entire flock…
Continue Reading Bird Flu Returns to Yucatán; Officials Say Eggs Are Safe
Forecaster Expects 25 Cold Fronts on the Yucatán Peninsula This Winter
Residents of the Yucatán Peninsula who spent last fall waiting for sweater weather may get more of it this season. Yucatecan meteorologist Juan Antonio Palma Solís projects that…
Continue Reading Forecaster Expects 25 Cold Fronts on the Yucatán Peninsula This Winter
Río Lagartos Highway Reopens After 2-Night Blockade
Traffic is moving again on the federal highway between Tizimín and Río Lagartos after residents lifted a roadblock that cut off some of eastern Yucatán’s best-known coastal destinations…
Continue Reading Río Lagartos Highway Reopens After 2-Night Blockade
Cancún Airport Traffic Slips 5.9% as Visitax Complaints Grow
Cancún International Airport is handling fewer travelers than it did a year ago, and one Quintana Roo columnist says the state should take a hard look at Acapulco…
Continue Reading Cancún Airport Traffic Slips 5.9% as Visitax Complaints Grow
Blockade Cuts Road to Río Lagartos and Las Coloradas
Planning a trip to Río Lagartos or Las Coloradas this weekend? Residents have blocked the main highway, asking for a wider, safer road. Here’s what we know and…
Continue Reading Blockade Cuts Road to Río Lagartos and Las Coloradas
Yucatán Begins Paying 313 Traditional Midwives
For more than a decade, Miriam Esther Góngora Mul has helped bring babies into the world in Tzucacab. On Thursday, the state recognized her work, and that of…
Continue Reading Yucatán Begins Paying 313 Traditional Midwives
American Wanted in Florida for Fraud Arrested in Mérida
Mexican federal agents arrested a 68-year-old American in Mérida on Wednesday who is wanted in Florida on four outstanding warrants for fraud and identity theft. Several national news…
Continue Reading American Wanted in Florida for Fraud Arrested in Mérida
Las Dunas Opponents Take Their Case to Profepa
Salvemos las Dunas and environmental lawyers at Cemda have filed a formal complaint with Profepa, and they say the court order freezing Las Dunas remains firmly in place.…
Continue Reading Las Dunas Opponents Take Their Case to Profepa
Yucatán’s Native Hanal Pixán Flower Is Getting Hard to Find
For generations, the yellow-orange x’pujuc has been the flower of Hanal Pixán in Yucatán. A local plant seller says it is becoming hard to find — and that…
Continue Reading Yucatán’s Native Hanal Pixán Flower Is Getting Hard to Find
Tulum Airport Offers Big Incentives to Win Back Airlines
The Mexican government has announced plans to have Tulum’s new airport working at capacity within a year. Photo: Marlene Colli via Yucatán Magazine Mexico’s federal government says it…
Continue Reading Tulum Airport Offers Big Incentives to Win Back Airlines
Man, 46, Bound and Set on Fire in Chelem; 1 Suspect Detained
“Jerry” was tied up and then set on fire. Photo: SSP A 46-year-old man suffered severe burns over most of his body early Saturday after being tied up,…
Continue Reading Man, 46, Bound and Set on Fire in Chelem; 1 Suspect Detained
Sisal Residents Help Save Stranded Melon-Headed Whale
Residents of Sisal did what most beachgoers would do when a small whale washed up on their shore: they tried to push it back out to sea. When…
Continue Reading Sisal Residents Help Save Stranded Melon-Headed Whale
Explore
Río Lagartos Highway Reopens After 2-Night Blockade
Traffic is moving again on the federal highway between Tizimín and Río Lagartos after residents lifted a roadblock that cut off some…
Continue Reading Río Lagartos Highway Reopens After 2-Night Blockade
Cancún Airport Traffic Slips 5.9% as Visitax Complaints Grow
Cancún International Airport is handling fewer travelers than it did a year ago, and one Quintana Roo columnist says the state should…
Continue Reading Cancún Airport Traffic Slips 5.9% as Visitax Complaints Grow
Blockade Cuts Road to Río Lagartos and Las Coloradas
Planning a trip to Río Lagartos or Las Coloradas this weekend? Residents have blocked the main highway, asking for a wider, safer…
Continue Reading Blockade Cuts Road to Río Lagartos and Las Coloradas