The pushback against AI data centers continues as the city of North Tonawanda has officially extended its moratorium on these centers for another year.The Niagara County Planning Board supported North Tonawanda’s 12-month moratorium extension to specifically stall the conversion of the local DigiPower X crypto facility into an AI data center. A 45-year-old Depew, NY man named James R. Muench Jr. pleaded guilty to unlawfully entering a secure aircraft area at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. He faces a maximum sentence of one year in federal prison and a $100,000Several school districts in Western New York held votes on Tuesday after their proposed budgets failed to gain approval last month. State officials celebrated the opening of "Above the Roar", a fully immersive, multisensory VR experience that takes participants on a thrilling aerial journey over and around Niagara FallsThe Bills will soon cut the ribbon at the new Highmark Stadium — and another milestone took place on Tuesday. The first of three large bison statues is now in place outside of the stadium.