A resident of Salinas, considered one of the most contaminated towns in Puerto Rico, waits for a meeting with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials to start, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023 in ...

HOLYOKE — When Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia proposed a friendly volleyball match to the mayor of Salinas, Puerto Rico, Karilyn Bonilla Colon, last summer, it sparked more than just a game — it launched ...

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a temporary advisory for aircraft operators due to an increase in military ...

Damage after heavy rains in Salinas, a southern coastal region of Puerto Rico. Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

Puerto Ricans were reeling after a powerful hurricane left more than 30 inches of rain in some places, causing widespread flooding, power outages and destruction akin to the devastating Hurricane ...

Hurricane Fiona, the third hurricane in the 2022 Atlantic Ocean season, made landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 1 storm on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. The storm knocked out power to much of the island, ...

The deployment of 5,000 soldiers and the reopening of a base revive fears tied to the 60 years Vieques served as a training camp and artillery range ...

SALINAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Shuttered windows are a permanent fixture in Salinas, an industrial town on Puerto Rico’s southeast coast that is considered one of the U.S. territory’s most contaminated ...