3+ hour, 54+ min ago   (372+ words) Costa Rican rescue crews are searching for a woman who disappeared after a sudden surge of water swept away a group of visitors near Rincón de la Vieja National Park in Guanacaste. The emergency happened yesterday in the area of…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (471+ words) Costa Rica Immigration Worker Arrested in Residency Scheme The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Costa Rica Immigration Worker Arrested in Residency Scheme An employee of Costa Rica’s immigration agency was arrested this morning on suspicion of manipulating…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (343+ words) Magnitude 5.3 Costa Rica Earthquake Shakes The Southern Pacific Before Dawn The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Magnitude 5.3 Costa Rica Earthquake Shakes The Southern Pacific Before Dawn A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook the southern Pacific region of Costa Rica…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (407+ words) The San José-area date lands in a thin stretch of the rapper’s calendar. His remaining confirmed appearances for the year are the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on September 18 and 19, and Simi Fest in Mexico City on December 5 — putting…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (319+ words) If your drive west runs through Cambronero, plan on going another way for a while. The Ministry of Public Works and Transport says the temporary bridge on Route 1 took enough damage in Monday night’s crash that it cannot be repaired…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (414+ words) Tropical wave No. 41 moved into Costa Rica before dawn today, and the part that matters for the rest of your day arrives after lunch. Expect scattered downpours with thunder along the Pacific this afternoon, heaviest in the Central Pacific, the…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (315+ words) Work has begun on a new bridge over the Torres River along Circunvalación, starting a yearlong project that will eventually expand this busy section of the highway from four to six lanes. The project is located on Route 39 in La…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (276+ words) The measure is a law to make the National Parks Service Law of 1977 more flexible in cases of natural disaster and imminent danger. It would create exceptions to current prohibitions to permit the removal of soil, rock, sand, gravel and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (363+ words) The rare blue octopus that surprised scientists has returned to the Galápagos Islands. The specimen, about the size of a golf ball, will be preserved at the Charles Darwin Research Station, which houses an extensive collection representing the archipelago’s extraordinary…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (264+ words) Two slope sectors near Siquirres, at kilometers 100 and 112, are still eroding and shedding material with no good drainage. At some critical points, Lanamme found, nobody is pursuing a permanent fix at all. Inspectors also found crews working with no supervisor…...