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• Public hearing set for plan to dewater American Falls

  24-01-2016 22:58 via wivb.com
  
  Niagara Falls, N.Y. (WIVB)- Niagara Falls could run dry again. State leaders are considering rehabilitating or replacing the bridges that connect Niagara Falls, Green Island and Goat Island. The bridges are more than 100 years old.
  New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation at the Department of Transportation put together a proposal in October 2015 explaining three options: maintenance, rehabilitation or replacement.
  If the bridges are replaced, the Niagara
  
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• Small fire breaks out at Richardson Complex site

  24-01-2016 21:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews responded to a small fire on the first floor of the historic Richardson Complex site around noon Sunday.
  The fire caused around $2,000 worth of damage and there are no reported injuries.
  The cause remains under investigation.
  The complex, formerly the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, began undergoing construction in 2014. It is in the midst of being renovated to a hotel and event space expected to be complete sometime this Fall.
   
  
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• Longtime Media General Chairman J. Stewart Bryan III has died

  24-01-2016 18:55 via wivb.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — J. Stewart Bryan III passed away Saturday at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital. He was 77 years old. His death resulted from complications related to neck injuries sustained in a fall on January 15. Bryan was part a Richmond family that produced four generations of media entrepreneurs. Bryan himself spent 50 years in the industry.
  According to the Media General website, Bryan was born in Richmond, Va., on May 4, 1938, J. Stewart Bryan III was educated a
  
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• 9-year-old spends weekends helping homeless

  24-01-2016 18:49 via wivb.com
  
  TIJERAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Every Saturday morning Jayden Allen, 9, wakes up early and packs lunches for homeless people. It’s an idea that came to him during the holidays when he noticed how many people there are in need.
  “I just felt something that told me to do something good and I thought of making food for the homeless people,” said Jayden Allen.
  Allen gets the food from his parents’ restaurant in Tijeras called Trail Rider Pizza. On Saturday, he stuf
  
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• CO doughnut shop prepares for Bronco game

  24-01-2016 18:28 via wivb.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A small and popular doughnut shop in town is preparing in a big way as the Denver Broncos prepare to take on the New England Patriots in tomorrow’s bid for the Super Bowl.
  “We’re big football fans here at Amy’s Donuts and definitely Denver Broncos fans,” said shop owner Chin Kim.
  As dedicated fans, it was only fitting to make the “Bronco Berry.”
  “We did a blueberry doughnut with orange frosting,” said Kim.
  If t
  
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• Veteran fights kidney cancer, vows to fight for cancer research

  24-01-2016 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) –  A Grand Island man walks from his home town to Yankee Stadium to raise awareness for ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2011.Now he’s facing a huge health challenge of his own.
  Matt Mondoux’s 7-year-old daughter, Brynn, says she’s proud of her dad for walking the grueling 300 plus miles to Yankee Stadium.In 2011, he took the journey to raise money for ALS research. She said, “he does a lot of good things for pe
  
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• Snowy East Coast digs out after mammoth blizzard

  24-01-2016 16:49 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans started digging themselves out Sunday after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much of the East Coast to an icy standstill.
  New York and Baltimore began lifting travel restrictions and hearty souls ventured out on snow-choked streets, while mass transit systems up and down the coast gradually restored normal service.
  But even as United Airlines said limited service might begin later in the afternoon in New
  
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• Alaska shaken by magnitude 6.8 earthquake

  24-01-2016 13:53 via wivb.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A magnitude-6.8 earthquake knocked items off shelves and walls in south-central Alaska and jolted the nerves of residents in this earthquake-prone region, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
  The earthquake struck about 1:30 a.m. Alaska time and was centered 53 miles west of Anchor Point and 160 miles southwest of Anchorage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In its initial report, the agency had classified the earthquake as a magnitude-7.1 event.
  
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• Air travel still partially disrupted due to East Coast storm

  24-01-2016 13:41 via wivb.com
  
  Cheektowaga, N.Y. (WIVB) — Flying Sunday?Check with your airline first.
  Many flights to and from cities affected by the East Coast storm are being canceled Sunday, after thousands of flights were grounded Saturday.
  Flights to or from Philadelphia, Washington and the New York City area airports have been canceled, but at least one flight to Baltimore is scheduled Sunday.
  Airport weather stations in those cities have received 18 to 30 inches of snow from the historic storm.
  
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• NYC and LI travel ban lifted

  24-01-2016 13:33 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s governor says a travel ban instituted during a massive snowstorm has been lifted.
  Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that the ban barring non-emergency motorists from being on the roads was lifted at 7 a.m.
  The travel ban covered all state and local roads in New York City, the Long Island Expressway and Northern State Parkway and the Port Authority’s Hudson River crossings.
  The governor says full service to the above-ground portions of the Metro-North, Lon
  
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• Gang intervention initiative in Buffalo

  24-01-2016 05:29
  
  Buffalo’s Peacemakers are actively working with 40 gang members in Buffalo.        
  
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• Small businesses booming in Buffalo

  24-01-2016 05:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of people are attending a seminar to learn more about opening their own small businesses. This comes as thousands, total, are looking for tips on how to start their own companies right here in Western New York.
  “Small businesses are really the locomotive that run the economy in the U.S.,” said Franklin Sciortino, the district director for the Buffalo chapter of the Small Business Administration. “It’s important to continue to fos
  
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• Buffalo Prepares to Host NWHL All-Star Game

  24-01-2016 05:16
  
  BUFFALO, NY - HARBORCENTER and the Buffalo Beauts prepare to host the inaugural NWHL All-Star Game. The day starts with a skills competition at 2 followed by two periods of 4-on-4 hockey.        
  
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• HS Hoops: Canisius at Park

  24-01-2016 04:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Canisius knocks off Park handing them their first loss of the season.
  
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• Millions stuck as snow shuts down east coast cities

  24-01-2016 04:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo lucked out with this one – we’re not getting hit at all from the massive storm which has been hammering the East Coast for days now, dropping up to two feet of snow on cities like Baltimore, Washington D.C. and New York City.
  New York City’s mayor and Governor Cuomo declared a travel ban around New York City. That’s leaving millions stuck inside or in their borough’s without ways around.
  “I’m legally stranded in
  
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• Local hockey group honors young teammate who died

  24-01-2016 03:34
  
  Katie Durkin, 9, died over the summer but lives on among her teammates through the K.A.T.I.E Award.        
  
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• Weather-related death toll rises to at least 18

  24-01-2016 01:30 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say three people have died while shoveling snow during the blizzard in New York City and two more died of hypothermia in Virginia, bringing weather-related deaths to at least 18.
  The New York Police Department’s Chief of Department Jim O’Neill told reporters Saturday one person on Staten Island and two people in Queens died.
  He released no further details on the deaths. A police spokesman said the medical examiner’s office will determine exactl
  
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