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WestShore Plaza was mostly closed due to the coronavirus pandemic by March 23, 2020.
WestShore Plaza mall owner files for bankruptcy
Washington Prime Group cited the economic downfall caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Selling a Tampa Bay house was supposed to be easy. Then I tried renovations.
Former Tampa Bay Times real estate reporter Susan Taylor Martin remodeled this St. Petersburg Home before putting it on the market earlier this year. It was an adventure. [Susan Taylor Martin]
A former Tampa Bay Times real estate reporter tries her hand remodeling a home she intended to sell and has an adventure.
Ron DeSantis pitted against cruise ship industry in battle over COVID restrictions
FILE - In this Saturday, April 4, 2020, file photo, Carnival cruise line ship Carnival Magic is docked at Port Canaveral, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
The conflict could result in precedent-setting implications for the industry at ports across the nation.
My, has downtown Tampa changed in the last 35 years
The Tampa skyline in 2019.
A conversation with two people who have had front-row seats for the evolution.

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  1. ‘American Chopper’ Paul Teutul Sr.’s Pinellas Park restaurant opening next week
    2 hours ago• Business
    A rendering of OCC Road House and Museum, a new motorcycle-themed restaurant and entertainment venue co-owned by 'American Chopper' star Paul Teutul Sr. in Pinellas Park. The restaurant is slated to open June 25.
  2. St. Pete-Clearwater airport getting new low-cost Canadian carrier, Swoop
    3 hours ago• Business
    Swoop, a low-cost Canadian air carrier, will launch service at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport in November.
  3. Free genetic test to screen your health? Watch out, could be a Medicare scam
    3 hours ago• Business
    Beware of scammers hoping to commit Medicare fraud.
  5. Disney World to bring back fireworks this summer
    4 hours ago• Theme Parks
    Hundreds of guests watch the "Happily Ever After" fireworks show in front of Cinderella Castle on July 30, 2018 at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. As part of its coronavirus limitations, the fireworks shows were ended when the park reopened last summer to prevent large crowds from gathering.
  6. Tampa-based telehealth company installed exam station in Las Vegas
    4 hours ago• Business
    The OnMed station at the Las Vegas Convention Center virtually connects patients with 38 medical professionals stationed in Tampa to treat colds, fevers, and more.
  7. Disney, Busch Gardens easing back to full capacity, no face masks required
    5 hours ago• Theme Parks
    Young guests enjoy seeing Winnie the Pooh, and Tigger too, at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World after Disney eased face mask requirements. Guests are now allowed to go maskless in the parks, though Disney transportation at the resort all still require masks.
  8. St. Petersburg’s Le Clementine Bakeshop gets a (semi) permanent home at Pete’s Bagels
    Earlier today• Food
    Paulina Gervasi runs the popular popup Le Clementine Bakeshop and will be selling her fresh-baked croissants at Pete’s Bagels when it opens next month in St. Petersburg's Grand Central District.
  9. Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer
    Yesterday• Business
    Dana Anthony works at her desk at The Daily Tar Heel newspaper in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Anthony was rejected after two speparate HireVue interviews for other jobs recently. The pandemic has heightened demand for online services that interview job applicants remotely and use artificial intelligence to assess their skills. But the technology also raises questions about whether computers can accurately judge a person's character traits and emotional cues.
  10. Another outage cripples Southwest Airlines flight operations nationwide
    Yesterday• News
    Southwest Airlines grounded flights across the country Tuesday amid reports of a nationwide computer issues. Some flights at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport were affected, but as of Tuesday afternoon, operations were back to normal, an ABIA spokesman said.
  11. Mackenzie Scott donates $40M each to UCF, FIU
    Yesterday• Business
    A view of the Student Union at the University of Central Florida. The gifts to the Florida universities were part of $2.7 billion in donations to 286 organizations Scott announced Tuesday.
  12. A new Howard Frankland is rising, with tolls, bike lanes and room for rail
    Yesterday• Transportation
    Pile drivers sink concrete and steel pillars into solid limestone to form the substructure of the Howard Frankland Bridge expansion. Each pillar has sensors to ensure they're firmly in place.
  13. Tourism bounces back around Tampa Bay as COVID-19 pandemic eases
    Yesterday• Business
    Beach goers along Clearwater Beach in March. In the following months, both Hillsborough and Pinellas County have seen tourism rebound to its pre-pandemic state.
  14. New Tampa’s Pebble Creek golf course to close
    Yesterday• Business
    The Pebble Creek Golf Club and surrounding residences in New Tampa. Times photo (1999)
  15. Secret IRS files show billionaires skip tax
    Yesterday• Business
    Secret IRS files show billionaires skip tax
  16. Tierra Verde bridge blast killed hundreds of snook, tarpon, captains say
    Yesterday• Environment
    Capt. Michael Anderson of Reel Animals charter fishing spots dolphins swimming Thursday near the new Tierra Verde Bridge in St. Petersburg. No dolphins were killed in the demolition of the old drawbridge May 18, state officials said, but Anderson said hundreds of fish died.
  17. Hillsborough plans to reverse impact fee jump
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    New home construction in the Southfork Lakes subdivision in Riverview is shown in March 2020. On Wednesday, Hillsborough County commissioners are scheduled to vote on reversing planned impact fee increases on new construction because of new state legislation.
  18. MacKenzie Scott announces she’s donating $2.7 billion
    Yesterday• Business
    In this March 4, 2018, file photo, then-MacKenzie Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Galvanized by the racial justice protests and the coronavirus pandemic, charitable giving in the United States reached a record $471 billion in 2020, according to a Giving USA report released Tuesday, June 15, 2021. MacKenzie Scott stormed the philanthropy world in 2020 with $5.7 billion in unrestricted donations to hundreds of charities. The seven- and eight-figure gifts were the largest many had ever received. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
  19. WestShore Plaza mall owner files for bankruptcy
    Jun. 14• Business
    WestShore Plaza was mostly closed due to the coronavirus pandemic by March 23, 2020.
  20. Eric Clapton coming to Tampa in September
    Jun. 14• Music News
    Three-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Eric Clapton is coming to Tampa’s Amalie Arena at 8 p.m. Sept. 25. He’ll be joined by special guest Jimmie Vaughan.
  21. Eviction looms at riverfront Florida mobile home park set for development
    Jun. 13• Florida
    A view of the mobile home park where residents face possible eviction from a non-subsidized affordable housing park by developers near the Miami River, in Miami, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald via AP)
  22. Someone will pay $28 million to go to space with Jeff Bezos
    Jun. 13• Nation & World
    This undated file illustration provided by Blue Origin shows the capsule that the company aims to take tourists into space. The price to rocket into space next month with Jeff Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million. That was the winning bid during the live online auction on Saturday.
  23. Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China
    Jun. 12• Nation & World
    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, listens to US President Joe Biden during a working session at the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England, on Saturday.
  24. Tampa Bay Times stands alone in Local Reporting category of the Pulitzers
    Jun. 12• Investigations
    Tampa Bay Times reporter Kathleen McGrory, center, speaks at Poynter on Friday to current and former Times staffers at a celebration of the Pulitzer Prize she won with reporting partner Neil Bedi.
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