The Buffalo Sabres get busy with free agency. Efforts to grow the semi conductor industry in Buffalo and across WNY will be getting a boost from federal funding. Healthcare workers across the state continue to unionize.

Today is Canada Day, but a strike by mechanics at the country's second-largest airline has disrupted travel plans for passengers across North America.

The NFTA will not run trains in the downtown area on certain days in July to allow for crews to safely complete maintenance work.

The City of Buffalo splash pads open with extended hours. An Uzbekistan man was arraigned on wire fraud and other charges for an alleged crypto currency scam that targeted a local individual. The City of Tonawanda calls on artists to create and submit a new city flag design. Two development projects in Niagara Falls are one step closer to construct…

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) is investigating the fire in the Cobblestone district alongside the Buffalo Fire Department. A Canadian shipping company in St. Catharines will pay the US government a $100k fine for continuing to pollute American waters, violating the Clean Water Act. A 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy are ea…

Republicans in the Erie County Legislature are calling on the head of Erie County's assigned counsel program to resign for allegedly misusing her position to help local Democrats.

Researchers at UB and the Department of Veterans Affairs identified 17 distinct clinical subtypes of long COVID.

Erie County officials give themselves a pay raise.

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Investigation is underway into a fire in the Cobblestone District. A heatwave in June highlights the importance of access to cooling appliances. However, access to those resources could look different in the future.

New York Assembly speaker says he has concerns over Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to reinstate an 1845 ban on mask-wearing in public.

Early voter turnout is extremely low leading up to this year's primary elections.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo is recommending that 10 parishes shut down for good. Relatives of victims struck by an AmTrack train in Tonawanda last month filed a petition against the City of North Tonawanda and the city's police department in the State Supreme Court. Healthcare workers at four Absolut Care nursing home locations postpone t…

NYS introduces mobile ID's. The Tops massacre gunman seeks to be exempt from the death penalty.

The I-90 in Chautauqua County received state funding to strengthen bridges after issues this year. Tops reaches an agreement with the union representing various employees of Tops Friendly Markets. The state names new leadership for the Office of Cannabis Management. Shea's and other local theaters receive funding for restoration purposes in hopes o…

New York State lawmakers ended their session over the weekend leaving several issues on the table.

Governor Kathy Hochul clashes with other NYS Democrats over her decision to pause congestion pricing in NYC.

Governor Kathy Hochul has decided to put on hold the start of the New York City Congestion Pricing Plan that was due to begin at the end of the month.

The southern U.S. has been a winter haven for Canadians looking to escape the weather. But new figures show that more of them are moving to the U.S.

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