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Local organizations who work to welcome and resettle immigrants and refugees say the first few Afghan evacuees expected to come here have arrived. A coalition preparing to help accommodate and settle them offered an update Thursday on a campaign raising funds to support that effort.

Niagara Falls City School District Superintendent Mark Laurrie gives an update on the 21 Niagara Falls High School students suspended after a series of fights last week.

A look behind the scenes of "The Untitled Cabrini Film," which just completed 45 days of shooting in Buffalo.

While the state legislature considers ways to bolster enforcement of the state’s ethics laws for public officials, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that the current system of enforcing those rules is “flawed” and that she wants to “turn it upside down.”

Hundreds of Southern Tier jobs are saved and hundreds more eventually will be added, while local cows continue providing raw milk with a deal to build a new cheese factory in Franklinville.

Postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic, the Buffalo Humanities Festival returns this weekend at Silo City.

Gov. Kathy Hochul says she does not believe healthcare workers in New York should be able to cite a religious exemption to avoid getting the COVID-19 vaccine. She also imposed new mask mandates in day care and child care facilities, as well as state-run health programs.

Dr. Nancy Nielsen discusses the rising cost of treating those who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.

The congressional district representing Western New York’s Southern Tier population could either extend all the way to Binghamton, or it could be eliminated entirely. Those are the conflicting partisan options unveiled in a set of proposed maps released Wednesday by the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission.

After a one year hiatus Project Connect Niagara returns with its one-stop hub of critical services for individuals in need.