WBFO Brief

Buffalo city council hearings into the Christmas blizzard reveal that the city's fire commissioner was out of town during the blizzard. Gov. Kathy Hochul is defending her choice for NYS Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. And a planning group is recommending the state un-hook the Scajaquada Expressway from the I-190, Route 33, and Route 198— and make it into a two- lane parkway.

The Buffalo City Council is taking up a review of procedures during the blizzard . Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing back against opponents to her choice for the state's top judge vacancy. And Lake Placid is gearing up to host the World University Games.

The Town of Aurora has struggled with a zoning issue that restricts drag performances, and it turns out that the cut-and-paste zoning rules that existed there have set several other towns on a collision course with the first amendment. Also, a look at how Gov. Kathy Hochul might pay for the initiatives in her State of the State address. Also, Bills Safety Damar Hamlin has been released from the hospital, the latest on a bomb threat that brought evacuation to a Buffalo school bus, and the press for more cross border cooperation between US and Canada.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's State of the State message included a new minimum wage proposal a new housing inititiative, and talk of reforming bail reform measures. Also, a look at Canadian airline delays that persist since the holidays. And we have the latest on Bills safety Damar Hamlin and a new name for for SUNY Buffalo State .

Hear about WNY support- and concern- for Iranians facing human rights struggles. Also some pushback against Gov. Kathy Hochul's chief justice nominee. And safety Damar Hamlin has returned to Buffalo for more treatment, after his cardiac arrest in Cincinnati on field during a Buffalo Bills game.

A victory for the Buffalo Bills sends them into the playoffs next week against Miami- with Coach McDermott saying that certainly DeMar Hamlin's resence was a factor. Also hear more from a reporter who was there. And a preview of Gov. Kathy Hochul's State of the State speech coming on Tuesday,

Ontario hospitals are hit by a wave of COVID and RSV cases, so now pharmacies can pitch in with the workload. Also hear about how to deal with the repeated stress that a racist shooting spree, a deadly blizzard, and the public medical crisis of DeMar Hamlin can mean during this year of pain and loss. And of course, if it's Friday, it's Theater Talk.

More storm stories, including the tale of some workers at Horizon Health Services, lholding out together for two days at Engine 3 on Broadway. Also, Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt on the start of the NYS legislature's term .And the Buffalo Bills report that DeMar Hamlin is showing "signs of improvement" after his on-field cardiac arest

The latest on Buffalo Bill DeMar Hamlin, with support from a range of other athletes and sports professionals. Also, preparing athletes and others for emergencies. and in Albany, controversy over two officials waiting to take office, Also, Sharon Belton-Cottman has been selected as President of the Buffalo School Board.

After 5/14, a deadly blizzard, and now the collapse of a Demar Hamlin on the football field, watched by thousands— Jay Moran talks with Mental Health Professional Karl Shallowhorn. Also, Dr. Phillip Glick MD, Professor of Surgery of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at BuffaloAnd Canada correspondet Dan Marpenchuk has an unrelated story on housing growth