TAMPA, Fla. — It’s been a long road, but construction is finally underway at an abandoned cigar factory in west Tampa to have it converted into a hotel. The multi-million-dollar project is ...

factory produces 800,000 cigarillos a day. It is not enough. Exports have increased tenfold in two decades -- and that's despite stricter smoking laws worldwide, and not being able to sell into ...

A brush fire that began near railroad tracks on Paterson's Eastside section caused smoke to spread to a nearby factory Saturday night, authorities said, with the owner of the building saying that ...

The main photograph this week was mystifying last month when it was part of CityKWiz in Flash from the Past. Thanks to some digging by Waterloo Region Generations researcher Darryl Bonk, I believe ...

Papastratos' transformation. During a factory tour on April 4, Papastratos Communications Manager Katerina Chatzopoulou highlighted the company's commitment to smoke-free alternatives, in line ...

The smoke went up so high,” she says. “All I could hear were continuous explosions and screams of people. I rushed into the factory to help, but all I could see was smoke,” says Majirana ...

The factory operates with state-of-the-art machinery and skilled artisans to create cigars that meet global demand, ensuring consistency, flavor, and craftsmanship with every batch produced. Metal ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D, S.C.-06), is praising the recent decision to designate the Charleston Cigar Factory as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department ...

For five months between October 1945 and March 1946, striking workers, mostly Black women, closed each day of picketing outside the Charleston Cigar Factory by singing "We Will Overcome." ...

The White House officially designated the Charleston Cigar Factory on East Bay as a national historic landmark. The Department of the Interior's highest recognition of historical, architectural ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The cigar factory in 2012 before a recent renovation that brought retain shops and offices to ...

Grant did in fact smoke a cigar at the Goshen estate in his waning days ... while the smoke curled upward, then suddenly drew away the stump of fragrant tobacco, and said: “Backman, that ...