VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — If a devastating hurricane's road to recovery is difficult in a small Caribbean island, it's even tougher if one lives in an island off the island, as residents of Vieques have ...

Looking down into the undisturbed black water during a new moon, tiny pinpoints of light sparkle back, almost like a star field below matches the star field above. Each paddle stroke creates a ...

It had all looked so simple from the plane—the Puerto Rican island of Vieques stretching out below like some outsize plantain, all lush green on the west end where the U.S. Navy stored bombs until ...

Vieques (pronounced Vee-ek-ez) is located about 8 miles off the east coast of mainland Puerto Rico, one of two inhabited sister islands – the other is Culebra – easily accessible by ferry or small ...

Over three years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, work has yet to begin on rebuilding the solitary hospital on Vieques island, which was destroyed. Over 8,000 residents and tourists to the ...