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2 days ago | wxxinews.org | Jeremy Moule

Monroe Community College has begun construction on its new Advanced Technology Center, which officials say will strengthen the school's technical education offerings and bolster the region's "workforce development pipeline."The new, $69.9 million dollar facility is being built on MCC's Brighton campus. When it is completed, some of the college's technology programs will move there from its outdated Applied Technology Center on West Henrietta Road.

2 days ago | wxxinews.org | Anas Baba |Jane Arraf

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2 days ago | wxxinews.org | Tom Bowman

X Public media is possible thanks to your support WXXI News journalists work every day to meet the challenges of our times with trustworthy reporting and programming. But we don't do it alone - this community has always been our backbone, standing strong with us. Your financial support today determines what's possible in the year ahead. Can you please make a donation? Yes, I'll donate

5 days ago | wxxinews.org | Rob Stein

The White House has taken down some government websites providing COVID-19 information and replaced them with a new boldly styled page dedicated to the controversial theory that the pandemic was caused by the virus leaking from a Chinese government laboratory. The original federal websites, covid.gov and covidtests.gov, had provided the public with basic information about COVID-19, such as vaccines, treatment and testing. But those sites now redirect people to a new page, titled: "Lab Leak.

6 days ago | wxxinews.org | Evan Dawson |Megan Mack |Julie Williams

Local real estate experts say it's still very much a sellers' market. According to Zillow's Heat Index — which measures the balance of for-sale housing supply and demand — Rochester is the top sellers' market in the country, beating out San Jose and San Francisco. That's good news for sellers, but buyers are coming up short. Meanwhile, changes with the Trump administration's tariff policies are sending interest rates on a rollercoaster ride. What does this mean for the local market?