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The Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and its Women’s Council affiliate have presented this year’s ATHENA International Awards.

Brutal cold causes Rochester City School District closures, but R Centers are open as a refuge; thousands of Monroe County households are losing emergency food assistance benefits; and progressive lobbying groups are speaking out about Gov. Kathy Hochul's spending plan.

Friday into early Saturday will see the coldest blast of winter, at least temperature-wise, that we’ve seen so far this season.

City officials announced on Thursday that Felipe Hernandez, who has been Rochester Fire Chief for the last year, and was interim chief since March 2021, will retire effective Feb. 10.

The United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes is celebrating what they were able to do with last year’s campaign, while also launching the fundraising effort for 2023.

Area agencies that help homeless individuals are getting ready to provide some additional assistance in the next day or so, with the bitterly cold temperatures and wind chills in the forecast.

Roughly 62,000 Monroe County families are a month away from a substantial decrease in federal food assistance benefits as a federal pandemic relief program sunsets.

In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, February 2, 2023, guests discuss local efforts to help SNAP beneficiaries after emergency benefits end.

In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, February 2, 2023, we talk with Eric Morris, staff economist for Alesco Advisors, about what defines a recession.

A coalition of progressive groups say Gov. Kathy Hochul's budget is too favorable to wealthy New Yorkers at the expense of working families.