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Interactive map looks at numerous neighborhoods facing exposure

New York’s best-kept musical secret is coming back once again. East Aurora, NY’s Borderland Festival returns for the eighth time from Sept. 18-20 at Knox Farm State Park this year. To ring in the occasion, the curators went all-out booking a lineup made up of rockers, bluesmen, grunge icons, roots-y groups, folk heroes

TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW) — A decades-long vision to transform a former industrial dumping ground into a public waterfront destination is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Town of Tonawanda is moving forward with plans to redevelop the 55-acre Cherry Farm property along River Road into...

The New York State Parks Police released the following statement on Wednesday:. “At approximately 10:15 a.m. on July 22, 2026, the NYS Park Police received a report of an 18-year-old male in the Niagara River near the bottom of the Whirlpool stairs. “Witnesses stated the male had been standing on...

Governor Kathy Hochul has called on the EPA to step up testing and accelerate distribution of resources to those affected. Western New York was a hub for the manufacturing of atomic weapon components during World War II, other industries also used or produced radiological materials, some for the Manhattan Project.

(WNY News Now) – BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo man has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute fentanyl, admitting his role in drug trafficking activities that took place in early 2025, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the owners of the property where two Allentown artists were found dead last year. In March 2025, Mickey Harmon, 40, and his partner, 37-year-old Jordan Celotto, were found dead inside their home at 5 St. Louis Place. The lawsuit filed by Harmon’s br

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police are asking for assistance from the public following a shooting that left one man injured in the face and arm Tuesday evening. Police said the man arrived at ECMC around 8:40 p.m. following a shooting in the area of Burgard Place and Hazel Place, suffering from gunshot wounds to […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An inmate at Collins Correctional Facility was killed on Tuesday night following an altercation with another inmate, state police said. State police were about the death around 11 p.m. Tuesday. A preliminary investigation found that an inmate attacked Jose R. Aponte, 34, in a residential rehabili

The Erie County District Attorney's Office says 21-year-old Emery S. Kawski, formerly of the City of Tonawanda, has been sentenced after stabbing and killing a dog.