The personal spending habits of Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval came under the spotlight after he forked out 1.5 million pesos (US$85,000) for his daughter’s fifteenth birthday party, an event he unsuccessfully tried to keep secret.

The town most famous for the cactus fruit known as pitayas and Mexico’s ubiquitous branch and pig-hide equipale furniture will soon become the largest solar power providers in the state.

Puerto Vallarta received a visit last week from a U.S. Air Force “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft, which will help monitor  this year’s temporada de huricanes.

The government has temporarily closed the Islas Marietas archipelago off the coast of Nayarit in an effort to prevent damage to wildlife in the region.

New car sales in Jalisco have increased by 37 percent in the first two months of 2016 compared with the same period last year, according to the Mexican Association of Automobile Distributors (AMDA).

Among the multitudes of devout, Mexican Catholics who trek up to 117 kilometers (73 miles) over mountains and through valleys each spring to pay homage to a statue of the Virgin Mary in a remote Jalisco town, one is an American geophysicist who professes an ardent love of walking and the outdoors.