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Engineering firms and master developers posed questions to city officials regarding the needed utilities to the assessed value of the Tropicana Field site during the first...
Pinellas County’s electric provider recently announced that it plans to pass soaring fuel costs to customers beginning in January 2023. In the Sept. 2 announcement, St....
Thanks to a $5.5 million grant, the Pinellas County School District (PCS) will soon become one of the first in the state to swap out old...
As part of the arduous task of creating new city council districts that align with city charter guidelines, local officials are conducting a series of informational...
Nonprofit group Solar United Neighbors (SUN) recently announced the launch of its local solar cooperative in the hopes of creating a cleaner electrical system that broadly...
The controversial Coquina Key Shopping Plaza redevelopment is taking another step forward after receiving approval from the city council. Stoneweg US, a St. Petersburg real estate...
The University of South Florida recently received a $20 million grant to help sustain and replenish coral reefs and mangroves that protect coastlines from dangerous wave...
Part 2 of 2. A growing and vocal group of pickleball enthusiasts believe St. Petersburg is unaccommodating to their sport; however, city officials say that could...
Over 11 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, St. Petersburg received an additional $1.063 million in settlement money; now, the city is trying to...
St. Petersburg city council members and Mayor Ken Welch are hopeful Moffitt will bring a cancer center to the city – despite the mayor’s move to...
