In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 photo, power is out along Fortaleza street, one month after Hurricane Maria, in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hotels are closed. Restaurants have no power. Old San Juan is deserted. Tourism is practically nonexistent in Puerto Rico right now. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
October 25, 2017
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October 25, 2017 8:33 p.m.
Ex-colonel to oversee troubled Puerto Rico power company
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A former military officer was appointed Wednesday to oversee reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s flattened electrical grid and operations of the island’s troubled power company amid growing concerns over a $300 million contract awarded to a small Montana company to help repair the damage from Hurricane Maria.