Warning comes with polar bears’ exit

Move of two to facilitate zoo project holds risk of turning permanent.

East Side

House fire on Roehrer routs 2 adults, 7 children

Fire swept through a house on Roehrer Avenue on Tuesday evening, leaving two adults and seven children without a place to stay, fire officials said.

TODAY

Good Morning, Buffalo

A quick look at what's happening in Western New York.

Niagara Falls

Wallenda concerned about his welcome

Nik Wallenda is practicing his wire-walk at the Seneca Niagara Casino as a thank-you to the state officials who allowed him to perform the stunt and to inject some life into a tourist city that has seen decades of decay.

ALBANY

Zemsky finally approved for NFTA chairman's post

Years after former Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer first nominated him, Buffalo developer Howard Zemsky on Tuesday overcame Western New York turf battles to finally win confirmation as chairman of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.

Waterfront

Cater to people, not to vehicles

Fifty-two percent of the land in downtown Buffalo is used for parking vehicles — a good reason why more parking spots on the city’s evolving waterfront aren’t needed. That was the assessment Tuesday night of Justin Booth, executive director of GO Bike Buffalo.

Albany

Skelos opens door to compromise on minimum wage hike measure

The head of the State Senate Republicans on Tuesday for the first time appeared to soften his hard-line opposition to the Democratic proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage.

Downtown