In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 photo, the streets of Old San Juan are dark after sunset one month after Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tourism, a rare thriving sector on the island in a deep economic slump, is practically nonexistent a month after Hurricane Maria swept though. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
October 25, 2017
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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.