Kaitlynn McHenry is the first-ever and only female captain in the Maid of the Mist's 139 consecutive years of touring below Niagara Falls.
The Clean Air Coalition of Western New York agreed Tonawanda needed to modernize its code. But the group said the town didn't go far enough to encourage walkable, public transit-friendly projects.
Erie 1 BOCES worked with 43North and some of its partners to develop a curriculum and projects for students as part of a pilot program that led to the inaugural 43North Students to Startups competition – a student version of the 43North finals. It’s another example of how the education syste…
Dale Cummings, age and address unknown, was arraigned Monday afternoon in Buffalo City Court on a felony charge of criminal possession of a weapon. At a 4 p.m. news conference, Mayor Byron Brown and Police Commissioner Joseph A. Gramaglia referred to Cummings as "a person of interest in the …
"Waterway of Change: A Complex Legacy of the Erie Canal" is an exhibit that will begin with information about the traditional homeland of the Haudenosaunee and the canal's opening in 1825, and continue with stories about how the waterway turned Buffalo into thriving port and shipping hub by …
Prosecutors received permission Monday to interview a member of the jury that delivered a partial verdict in the bribery and corruption trial of former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni.
State Sen. Tim Kennedy, a Democrat, is running against West Seneca Supervisor Gary Dickson, a Republican, in the special election in the heavily-Democratic district that includes part of Erie and Niagara counties.
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He won't be the "Last Chef Standing," but Buffalo chef Camille Le Caer found the bright spot after being eliminated in the fourth episode of the Food Network series Sunday. "This competition was really difficult. It was very cutthroat," he said. "I wish I could have made it further, but I've…
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County Executive Mark Poloncarz and officials from Cheektowaga and the Land Bank stood together in front of a grassy residential lot at 44 Long Ave., where one of five new, affordable homes is being built in the town, with groundbreaking expected by late summer.
The Buffalo Niagara Partnership wants to bring the smallest of small businesses into the fold. The region's largest business group is offering free membership to local businesses with five employees or fewer.
Because minor-league teams love their weekends for an attendance boost, this series would stretch to May 10 if it goes the full five games. Especially for Devon Levi's sake, the Sabres would love to see the Amerks playing into June again. This is free experience of high-stakes hockey you jus…
A mixed-use development planned for the North Aud Block at Canalside in Buffalo and an expansion of the visitor center by the Graycliff Conservancy will receive a total of $3.5 million in state grants from Empire State Development Corp.
USA Wrestling and United World Wrestling refused to allow Jamilah McBryde, 21, to wrestle in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at Penn State after she informed officials she would not wear the required form-fitting singlet that she said violates her religious beliefs about dressing modestly.
The practice of sedating people detained by police is quietly spreading across the nation, illustrating an often-hidden way fatal police encounters end: not by gunfire but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead.
The Supreme Court will consider a straightforward but legally untested question: whether a former president is immune from federal prosecution for official acts.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies. But that hasn’t been the case.
Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.
Before the total eclipse of 2017, the last one to cover this much American territory was in 1970. And it will not happen again until 2045.
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The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched their parties' presidential nominations with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.
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Bridge Rauch, environmental justice organizer with the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York, speaks about the Town of Tonawanda's recently approved zoning code update.
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