SALINAS, Puerto Rico — Jacqueline Vázquez was sitting on the couch when her phone rang. She had just returned from a government office where she filed a complaint about illegal construction in ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Couples planning to get married in Puerto Rico will soon be able to tie the knot in one of the island’s most historic buildings. The government says it will re ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Construction has started in Puerto Rico on what will soon be the Caribbean's largest solar energy park. The $265 million project is being built in southern Puerto ...

As hurricanes put Puerto Rico's government to the test, ... This is like building a network, from the roots, not just coming in and leaving, but creating a nucleus," she says.

Hurricane Fiona devastated Puerto Rico, reversing much of the progress made since Hurricane Maria in 2017; yet equitable, sustainable rebuilding and recovery is possible with key federal investments.

Before Hurricane Maria hit last September, Puerto Rico was battered by the forces of another storm — a financial storm. The island's own government borrowed billions of dollars to pay its bills ...

In the1960's Puerto Rico began building power plants, but amid the island nation's industrial revolution plus a then-predicted business boom, ... 2021, the government entity, PREPA, was in charge.

After a pair of devastating hurricanes struck Puerto Rico five years apart, residents of the island have come to rely not on government agencies, but each other.

Although the Adjuntas solar network represents about 8% of Puerto Rico’s self-generated energy, Puerto Rico’s legislature in 2019 passed a law committing the U.S. territory to meeting its ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Construction has started in Puerto Rico on what will soon be the Caribbean’s largest solar energy park. The $265 million project is being built in southern Puerto ...