Samantha Christmann

After announcing it would shut down its business and liquidate all its stores last week, LL Flooring is reversing course after securing a last-minute buyer.

Stores at 1650 Walden Ave. in Cheektowaga and 3445 Amelia Drive in Orchard Park are among more than 400 stores slated for closure across the country. Going-out-of-business sales will begin at all stores Friday. 

Two highly visible projects planned for downtown Niagara Falls near Niagara Falls State Park are one step closer to becoming reality.

A new audit report from the State Comptroller's Office, which looked at how a handful of counties across the state verify the accuracy of grocery store scales. It turns out, some don't.

Much of the gains can be attributed to inflation, which has pushed everything from restaurant meals to hotel nights up in price, but an influx of new visitors bumps the numbers up as well.

According to the suit, the Billittiers had agreed to buy a building at 264 Seneca St. for $900,000 and planned to use the building to expand their production of jarred sauces and other Italian foods.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is deciding whether to sign a bill that would require Airbnb hosts to register their short-term rental units every two years and allow municipalities to collect sales and occupancy taxes on short-term rentals.