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Buffalo’s food reputation has long started and ended with wings, but the city has quietly built a much richer dining scene. New restaurants are exploring global flavors, nose‑to‑tail cooking, and polished cocktails—often while still sneaking in a nod to Buffalo’s classics. These five relatively new...

Kenneth Krackow, MD, a pioneer of joint replacement and arthroplasty procedures, died Jan. 9. Dr. Krackow was an orthopedic surgeon and professor of orthopedics at the University of Buffalo (N.Y.) Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, according to a Jan. 29 news release from the university. He helped...

Before Christmas in 2022, this was the signature blizzard in Buffalo, even with relatively modest snowfall.

Captain Corey Flatau has been designated to be the next chief of police in the Town of Tonawanda. He will take over for Jim Stauffiger, who has announced his retirement.

Erie County is pushing a new $12.5 million plan to fight poverty in Buffalo. County Executive Mark Poloncarz wants to use state funding to support specialized programming for 600 families through the Community Action Organization of New York. Program components include life coaches, career coaches, financial literacy...

A Town of Niagara family is receiving help from a stranger after their financial situation left them living in a motel while a 68-year-old Desert Storm veteran spends long days asking for help on a busy corner--often with little luck. Christopher Robert - just a regular guy from the community - says he met Peter, a...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Doors are closed and chairs are up as several Western New York businesses have decided to close during the national “Ice-Out” strike on Jan. 30. “Buffalo, we are the City of Good Neighbors, we love this neighborhood and we love everybody that we live with, and so we want to protect […]

Two state leaders are pushing to change the design of the Peace Bridge to help prevent drivers in Buffalo from accidentally heading to Canada. Assemblyman Jon Rivera and Sen. April Baskin sent a letter to the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority saying, in part, that a ramp carrying traffic from Porter...

Erie County Medical Center plans to reduce its workforce by about 3% as the hospital grapples with inadequate reimbursements and rising costs. Approximately 150 employees are being laid off, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz told WIVB News 4. The hospital on Buffalo’s East Side also announced that all management...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Legendary Italian tenor Maestro Andrea Bocelli will be bringing his “Romanza” 30th anniversary world tour to Buffalo’s KeyBank Center this December. The tour will celebrate Bocelli’s 1997 album of the same title and is stopping by Buffalo on Dec. 11. The winter leg of the tour kicks off the...