Lows of 2 degrees in Astún, wind gusts of 71 kilometers per hour in Valmadrid (Zaragoza) and accumulated rainfall of 21.6 mm in Cedrillas. These are just some of the figures recorded by Aemet that perfectly define the early arrival of autumn, making Wednesday feel more like the season than summer, which is still ongoing.
Luck smiled on Zaragoza this Wednesday, September 16, with a First Category prize in Round 7 of the 2026-27 Quinigol season. The ticket, validated in the Las Fuentes neighborhood, earned its holder more than €20,000. The round’s results were 01 2M M0 01 M2 and Aplaz.
The Catholic calendar commemorates Saint Robert Bellarmine today, September 17, a prominent Jesuit theologian and Doctor of the Church whose intellectual work was especially significant during the Counter-Reformation.
A collision at a roundabout, two completely conflicting accounts and no witness able to clarify what happened. It is a scenario that can occur in Zaragoza or on any road in Aragon, raising an immediate question: who pays for the accident if it cannot be proven who was at fault? The answer changes depending on whether there are injuries or only property damage.
Patients in Aragon who pay for their medicines should keep pharmacy receipts and regularly check their bank accounts. The Union of Consumers of Aragon (Ucaragón) has issued this warning following changes introduced this year to the prescription copayment system, as some users may initially pay more than they should and later recover the excess.
Plasma donations in Aragón are not enough to meet demand. They are essential for producing biological medicines that currently cannot be manufactured artificially, including albumin and immunoglobulins, which are effective against hematological, immunological and rheumatological conditions in adults and pediatric patients.
IES Sabina Albar in Bujaraloz has been without landline telephone service or an internet connection since September 1. CHA announced the issue on Wednesday, stressing that it coincides with the start of administrative activity and the new school year. Mascún Ariste, CHA's representative in the Aragonese Parliament and the party's regional president in Los Monegros, called it “unacceptable” for a public secondary school to “remain for weeks without basic tools to properly carry out its administrative and educational activities and communicate with families.”
Educators in the first cycle of early childhood education will take to the streets again to demand better working conditions and lower ratios in classrooms for children aged 0 to 3. Under the slogan “The right to bond,” the professionals, called by the CGT union, will gather this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in Zaragoza’s Plaza de España.
Donating plasma is now easier and more accessible in Aragon. The Aragon Blood and Tissue Bank has launched a mobile plasma donation unit that will take this option beyond Zaragoza with the aim of increasing the number of donors. Until now, any resident of Aragon wishing to donate plasma through plasmapheresis had to travel to the only available location, the Blood and Tissue Bank in the regional capital.
The future Royo Villanova University Hospital does not yet have a confirmed location. The Department of Health continues to gather proposals and suggestions regarding the four sites proposed in Zaragoza for the new facility: the General Military Academy, San Gregorio, Ronda de Boltaña and the Cogullada road. The public participation process will remain open over the coming weeks, and the Aragon Health Council will meet again at the end of October.
The Catholic calendar commemorates Saint Cyprian of Carthage today, September 16, a bishop and Christian martyr known for his staunch defense of the faith and loyalty to his beliefs during the persecutions of the Roman Empire.
A traffic jam on the A-2, A-23 or Z-40 will no longer be just a matter of patience in Aragon. From October 1, 2026, drivers caught in a hold-up on motorways and highways will have to move aside to create an emergency lane for ambulances, fire engines and other priority vehicles, without losing crucial minutes.
Aragon is focusing on one of the issues that most affects the operation of schools: a lack of staff stability and difficulties filling certain vacancies. The Education Department is preparing changes to the rules governing temporary teachers, new measures to attract teachers to hard-to-fill posts and an extraordinary route to fill newly created positions from 2027.
“We are capable of using an adapted camera to do what you are seeing.” Óscar Alijarde looks at the images hanging on the walls of Zaragoza’s Joaquín Roncal Centre and sums up three years of learning in those words. He is one of seven Aspace Zaragoza photographers whose work has become “Junto a ti” this Tuesday, an exhibition portraying the reality of 13 families from the organization through the eyes of its own participants.
University San Jorge begins the 2026–2027 academic year with more than 4,500 students for the first time, including over 1,300 new enrollees, as its growing campus adds the new Innova building for advanced simulation and immersive technologies.
Filling certain jobs and ensuring generational replacement have become major labor market challenges, particularly in a large, aging region such as Aragon. The region will receive €3.6 million to strengthen worker training and support new qualifications linked to strategic sectors.
The Cabinet, meeting on Tuesday, declared the areas affected by 112 adverse events recorded in 14 autonomous communities between July 27 and August 31, 2026, severely affected by a civil protection emergency. The decision enables various ministries to launch aid programs to compensate individuals and institutions for the losses suffered.
The Directorate-General for Forest Management of the Government of Aragon has set a Red Alert Level for Wildfire Danger today, Tuesday, September 15, across 21 areas of the region: Bajo Ebro Forestal, Jiloca-Gallocanta, Maestrazgo, Moncayo y Aranda, Depresión del Jalón, Muelas del Ebro-Alcubierre, Muelas del Ebro-Valmadrid, Muelas del Ebro-Zuera, Sierras Ibéricas Centrales, Pirineo Occidental, Pirineo Oriental, Prepirineo Occidental, Prepirineo Central, Prepirineo Oriental, Somontano Occidental, Somontano Oriental, Somontano Sur, Puertos de Beceite, Turia, Mijares and Valle del Ebro Agrícola.
Students at Zaragoza’s CPI Valdespartera III began using the five prefabricated classrooms this Monday, a week after the school year started. The parents’ association says the facilities were delivered in “precarious” conditions, with only basic furniture, no whiteboards, no internet-connected computer for teachers and no daily cleaning contract.
“What have I got myself into with this bunch?” That was the first thought that crossed photographer Simón Aranda’s mind when he arrived at the first class of the new photography workshop he was about to teach alongside seven students from the Aspace Zaragoza Foundation. All of them had cerebral palsy and used wheelchairs, but none of these circumstances stopped them from creating “By Your Side” three years later, a photography exhibition unveiled on Tuesday that portrays the reality of 13 families from the organization through their lenses.
