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Mass wedding

373 Couples Sign Up for a Free Wedding at Xmatkuil

YDN Staff
November 9, 2026

A previous state fair mass wedding joins hundreds in Yucatán. 2019 File photo / Yucatán Magazine Some have been together nearly half a century. Others just turned 18. A few came from as far away as Latvia. Yucatán’s free collective wedding at the Feria Yucatán Xmatkuil is drawing far more interest than organizers expected. With…

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Forecaster Expects 25 Cold Fronts on the Yucatán Peninsula This Winter

YDN Staff
November 4, 2026

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…

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Río Lagartos Highway Reopens After 2-Night Blockade

YDN Staff
November 2, 2026

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…

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Cancún Airport Traffic Slips 5.9% as Visitax Complaints Grow

YDN Staff
November 1, 2026

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…

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Road blockade

Blockade Cuts Road to Río Lagartos and Las Coloradas

YDN Staff
November 1, 2026

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…

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Midwives

Yucatán Begins Paying 313 Traditional Midwives

YDN Staff
October 30, 2026

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…

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American Wanted in Florida for Fraud Arrested in Mérida

YDN Staff
October 29, 2026

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…

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Las Dunas Opponents Take Their Case to Profepa

YDN Staff
October 28, 2026

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.…

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Yucatán’s Native Hanal Pixán Flower Is Getting Hard to Find

YDN Staff
October 27, 2026

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…

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Tulum Airport Offers Big Incentives to Win Back Airlines

YDN Staff
October 26, 2026

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…

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Crime scene

Man, 46, Bound and Set on Fire in Chelem; 1 Suspect Detained

YDN Staff
October 25, 2026

“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,…

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Sisal Residents Help Save Stranded Melon-Headed Whale

YDN Staff
October 24, 2026

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…

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octopus

Storms Slow Yucatán’s Octopus Harvest as Season Nears End

YDN Staff
October 23, 2026

Yucatán’s octopus fleet has less than two months to bring in most of this year’s catch, and the weather is not helping. By the end of September, boats…

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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…

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Road blockade

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…

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Midwives

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…

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