WBFO News

The Super Bowl is big business for the networks, in this year’s case, Fox and by extension the region’s local Fox affiliate, WUTV.

A winter weather advisory is in effect for Northern Erie County including the city of Buffalo starting 3 p.m. Thursday through midnight. The same advisory is in effect for Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Southern Erie counties starting 6 p.m Thursday through 1 p.m. Friday.

Almost from the day Trader Joe’s opened in 2013 in the Boulevard Shopping Center along Niagara Falls Boulevard, people have been pushing the supermarket chain to bring a second store to the area.Now, it has finally happened.

The United States Coast Guard has announced that it has deployed USCGC Bristol Bay (WTGB-102) to assist the lake freighter Manitoulin, which is currently stuck in the ice just outside of the Buffalo River break wall. The Manitoulin has been stuck since 11:43 am Wednesday, after unloading wheat.

The online retail giant, Amazon, has announced the closing of all its warehouses in Quebec. The company says the move is part of a reorganization and a cost-cutting measure. One Amazon spokesperson says it has nothing to do with the unionization of a couple of hundred employees in Laval, Quebec, last spring.

Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon has announced his candidacy for the mayoral primary in June and highlights streamlining the city’s assets was one of his top issues.

Add Michael Gainer, Buffalo ReUse founder and East Side advocate, to the growing list of candidates seeking the Democratic Party nomination and backing in this year’s Buffalo mayoral race. Gainer officially announced his candidacy on Wednesday.

Colorado-based H5 Data Centers paid $49 million for Yahoo’s 43-acre, eight-data center, 409,000-square-foot complex that anchors the Town of Lockport Industrial Park. Besides the sale price - one of the largest private sector-backed deals in recent Lockport history - the deal guarantees Yahoo’s presence in the region for at least the next five years.