{"id":771950,"date":"2026-02-23T21:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/771950\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:49:15","slug":"evening-briefing-in-buffalo-feb-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/771950\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Briefing in Buffalo: Feb. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good evening, Buffalo. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Tuesday will start out cold and quiet with temperatures in the upper single digits to around 10. Highs will top out in the low 20s.<\/p>\n

Widespread snow will move in Tuesday night bringing in the good chance for a few inches of accumulation. We’ll continue to run the risk for snow showers through the day on Wednesday as highs get back up into the 30s.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s Forecast<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Highs: 21
\u00a0Lows: 10
\u00a0Cloudy<\/p>\n

7-Day Forecast<\/a>\u00a0| Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n

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Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n

Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Hochul won’t take matching funds in reelection campaign<\/a><\/p>\n

Gov. Kathy Hochul won\u2019t participate in New York\u2019s fledgling, taxpayer-funded matching funds program in her campaign for reelection, NY1 has learned.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Lawmakers call on Hochul to support repowering NRG plant in Dunkirk<\/a><\/p>\n

Sen. George Borrello, Congressman Nick Langworthy, and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor are leading the charge. They say repowering the plant would restore reliable and affordable energy to Western New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0City of Buffalo moves closer to full property tax exemption for certain veterans<\/a><\/p>\n

The Buffalo Common Council passed a resolution this week which would provide a full tax exemption for veterans with a “100% permanent and total disability” related to active military service.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Study recommends new 400-room hotel be built in downtown Buffalo<\/a><\/p>\n

A new hospitality study released by Visit Buffalo recommends that a new 400-room hotel should be built downtown. The study says that a full service convention center is vital to the region’s growth as a host of meetings and conventions.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Steel Leaf Brewing Company to close at end of February<\/a><\/p>\n

Steel Leaf Brewing has announced plans to close its doors at the end of this month. The brewery, located at 1488 Hertel Ave., will close on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Buffalo Bills unveil new inaugural Highmark Stadium logo<\/a><\/p>\n

The Buffalo Bills have\u00a0unveiled<\/a>\u00a0the logo for their inaugural season at the new Highmark Stadium, which is set to open in the fall. The logo will be patched onto the team’s jerseys worn in the first home game of the 2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good evening, Buffalo. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[21871,215,214,53,2086,7,88,6,1614],"class_list":{"0":"post-771950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-app-evening-briefing","9":"tag-bills","10":"tag-buffalo","11":"tag-buffalo-bills","12":"tag-buffalobills","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-spectrum-news-staff"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116122154994599287","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}