Puerto Rico senators grilled the island's newly designated natural resources chief on Tuesday after critics rebuked his recent decision to shelve a probe into allegations of illegal construction in a ...

Loan guarantees by Loan Programs Office intend to finance grid enhancement to build resilience and expand access to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon waves alongside her husband Jose Yovin Vargas during her swearing-in ceremony as ...

Meanwhile, a small group of protesters gathered at the Capitol before González’s arrival. They were especially rankled that a well-known, outspoken activist elected to Puerto Rico’s Senate ...

Most of Puerto Rico's power was restored since the New Year's Eve blackout that left a majority of the island in the dark. Around 99% if the island now has energy once again, according to Luma ...

BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Power was restored to nearly all electrical customers across Puerto Rico on Wednesday after a sweeping blackout plunged the U.S. territory into darkness on New Year ...

After some areas of Puerto Rico welcomed the New Year in the dark amid a massive failure to the island’s power grid, service has been restored to nearly all impacted customers. About 1.4 million ...

LUMA Energy, responsible for Puerto Rico's electric transmission and distribution, reported progress in restoring power after a widespread outage affected the island. By Wednesday morning ...

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Power was restored to nearly all electrical customers across Puerto Rico on Wednesday after a massive blackout left more than 1.2 million of the U.S. territory's 1.47 ...

Puerto Rico has long dealt with chronic power outages as its infrastructure crumbles. It will likely take 24 to 48 hours to turn the lights back on, LUMA said in a statement. It added later that ...