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2 more deaths bring Yucatan coronavirus deaths to 68
Yucatan health authorities reported Saturday that 37 new infections were detected in the last 24 hours, in addition to two more deaths from COVID-19.
Both...
Shoppers don’t #stay home on Mother’s Day eve
Merida, Yucatan — On the eve of Mother's Day, shoppers endured long, lone lines at Costco. Not to check out, but to enter.
The queue...
Pandemic interrupts children’s cancer shelter barely a month after it opens
Merida, Yucatan – Two months after opening a new facility, a local shelter for families dealing with cancer is facing its own test of...
Yucatan hotels prepare for June 1 comeback, with ‘COVID-free’ logo
Merida, Yucatan — Closed for more than a month, area hotels are poised to reopen in just over three weeks.
The industry has agreed to...
COVID-19’s 3 latest fatalities are all under 40
Coronavirus infections and deaths declined in Yucatan between Thursday and Friday, but the age range of the one man and two women who died...
Yucatan’s rough 7-day ride handling new coronavirus cases
The busiest seven days so far in Yucatan's fight against the coronavirus started with a huge acceleration in new infections.
On April 30, 45...
That Sunday brunch with Mom would have been rained out anyway
Mother's Day might be rained out this Sunday, so staying home won't be as hard as we thought.
Intense storms, hail and strong squalls are...
Progreso opens temporary homeless shelter, further clearing streets during outbreak
Progreso, Yucatan — A temporary shelter for people living on the streets was officially opened Thursday by Mayor Julián Zacarías Curi.
The hostel was established in...
Yucatecans stranded after well-meaning state program ushered them abroad
When the Cabecitas Blancas program began last year, organizers could not have predicted how problematic the idea would be.
The concept was to help elder...
Fake news spreads like a virus, bringing more anxiety during pandemic
Coronavirus isn't the only illness that's spreading around. More deliberately false news items, often disguised as official government advisories, continue to grow.
Most recently...
COVID-19 fatalities reach 63 as 6 more patients die
Six coronavirus victims died in the last 24 hours, Yucatan health authorities announced, the highest number of fatalities in one day since May 3,...
Merida’s pink jewel, El Pinar, is up for sale for $US7 million
Merida, Yucatan — El Pinar, one of the city's most Instagrammed homes, might not become a reception hall after all.
It will be up to...
A halo around the sun gets Meridanos looking skyward
Yet another phenomenon has arrived, and again, it's not an omen that signals the end of the world.
The ring around the sun, which...
Much-anticipated tourist fair delayed again, now planned for March 2021
The international tourist fair, which for which Yucatan lobbied heartily and then spent millions to prepare for, has been postponed again.
Timing has worked against...
Cantinas are closed, so you’ll have to make Tostadas Calabacitas at home. Here’s how.
Before Merida cantinas became so hip, the future chef/owner of Ku'uk Restaurant whiled away many a teenage afternoon in the local dives.
“When I...
Centro’s 3 most historic theaters endangered when income drops to zero
Click here for With his B&B business on hold, a baker takesoff his shirt and makes English muffins
Merida, Yucatan — Just like many of the...
4 women are latest to die from COVID-19 in Yucatan
Yucatan health authorities announced 40 new coronavirus infections, and four COVID-19 deaths, in the past 24 hours.
Another 36 patients were declared recovered, officials said...
Killing of a beloved wild toucan enrages neighborhood
The killing of Tuqui, a toucan that became a celebrity in the Francisco de Montejo neighborhood, caused an uproar on social networks.
Commenters demand...
Recipe: Caldo tlalpeño, the Merida way
The managing editor of Salon, Joseph Neese, happens to be the grandson of a woman from Merida.
And that grandmother, Elena Narvaez Neese, is sharing...
Indigenous groups halt solar projects, but contractors persist
Indigenous residents of Cuncunul and Valladolid sued and won when they acted to prevent solar-energy farms from being built.
But JinkoSolar Investment Pte. Ltd., the...
No more direct flights from MID to U.S. as travel options dry up
Direct flights from Merida to the United States have vanished until at least June 4.
American Airlines' flights to Miami has been canceled until then,...
1-year-old infected as Yucatan enters ‘epidemic phase’
Yucatan found 42 new coronavirus infections Tuesday and announced four deaths as the state officially entered the "epidemic phase."
Among the new patients is a...
Fishermen on alert for the damaging winds of the ‘Cordonazo de la Santa Cruz’
It looks like even Cordonazo is in quarantine. Or maybe the meteorological phenomenon that seafarers dread every year is lost at sea.
But there's still...
Yucatan mayor pays street vendors to stay home
Espita Mayor Josué Castillo sent his city's produce vendors home, but not before buying up their entire inventory.
The street stalls and hand carts, many...
