Attorney Zoé C. Negrón Comas has been named president of the Sierra Club Puerto Rico Chapter. (Facebook via Lcda. Zoé C. Negrón Comas) By THE STAR STAFF Attorney Zoé Negrón Comas has assumed the presidency of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the Sierra Club, Chapter Director Hernaliz Vázquez Torres announced this week in a press release. Negrón is an attorney whose practice focuses on bankruptcy law, consumer protection, litigation and matters related to the Puerto Rico Oversight,

By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed expanding cleanup operations at the Vega Baja Old Incinerator Superfund Site after concluding that new analyses justify strengthening measures to reduce residents’ exposure to lead in the soil. “The EPA is using current science and recent sampling to focus additional cleanup efforts where they are most needed to better protect the Brisas del Rosario community,” EPA Regional Administrator Michael Mar

A man walks through rubble near a collapsed building in Caraballeda, Venezuela, on Monday, July 6, 2026. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By THE STAR STAFF After the positive response of the Puerto Rican people and the island’s Venezuelan community, Casa Venezuela Puerto Rico announced the beginning of a new stage in its humanitarian mission to support Venezuelans affected by the twin earthquakes that shook the South American country on June 24. “Solidarity ha

By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) ended fiscal year (FY) 2023 with higher liabilities, a deeper deficit and a renewed warning from auditors that the public utility continues to face “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operating. The audited financial statements, released Thursday to the markets for the year ended June 30, 2023, depict a utility still struggling with long‑standing financial instability as it remains under Title II