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Centre County Report in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico’s undisturbed coastline makes it a surfing mecca

Amigos de los Animales shelter director Adrienne Galler Lastra shares her home with her husband and 65 dogs.

Stray animal population booming in post-hurricane Puerto Rico

María Meléndez, the mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, laughs on the back of an antique firetruck during the Carnaval Ponceño parade in Ponce on Sunday, March 3, 2019.

Historic fire station a magnet for tourists visiting Ponce

Sarah and Paul Ratliff at Mayani Farms.

Farming a new sense of identity after Maria

Casa Pueblo's solar array.

Small town shows possibility of energy independence for Puerto Rico

People queue up to enter the Baccardi tent at the Taste of Rum festival.

Rum industry rebounding from devastation of Maria

Joyce Mendoza is a student at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. After Hurricane Maria hit, Mendoza left the island to attend New York University in their Hurricane Maria Assistance Program. She plans to leave for the mainland once she graduates. Photo by Lauren Lee

Hurricane Maria leaves uncertain futures for Puerto Rico’s college students

Conductor Maximiliano Valdés leads a practice of the Spanish opera “The Brief Life” by composer Manuel de Falla and parts of Symphony 3 by Gustav Mahler.

The Sound of the People: How the Orchestra of Puerto Rico Overcame Hurricane María

Children on the carnival rides in Ponce.

It takes an island: Raising children in Puerto Rico

Podcast: Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria | The Enchanted Forest

The Comeback: Deportes en Puerto Rico

Cockfighting: Puerto Rico’s Dying Tradition

Play Like a Girl

Roberto Clemente’s Legacy Still Strong in Puerto Rico

Training for Tokyo

Puerto Rico: Needle Exchange Program Aims To Integrate Its Participants Back Into Society

“Informal Housing” in Puerto Rico Has Worsened After Hurricane Maria

Earthships: The Buildings of the Future in Puerto Rico?

Inside Puerto Rico’s Charter School Controversy

Puerto Rico Golf Getting Back to Par

Puerto Rico’s Coffee Industry Hit Hard by Hurricane

Tourism Returns To Puerto Rico After Maria, But Is It Enough?

Yabucoa Baseball’s New Beginning

Seeds of Resilience: The Future of Farming in Puerto Rico

Podcast: Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria | Making Contact

Wanda Belaval, 63, feeds the stray cats wet food that she bought out of her own pocket.

Reporting from Puerto Rico

VIIRS Satellite image of Hurricane Maria nearing peak intensity on Sept. 19, 2017.

Podcast: Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria | The new normal