Ashley Hirtzel, WBFO
@AshleyHirtzWBFO/Western New York reporter for the Innovation Trail.
Ashley is a Buffalo native, and is in her second stint as reporter at WBFO. During her first tenure at the station, Ashley covered a variety of issues in the western New York region and earned an Associated Press award for team coverage on “Same Sex Marriage in New York.” Ashley has also worked as an anchor/reporter at WBEN in Buffalo and WBTA in Batavia.
Ashley earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Communications at Medaille College in Buffalo.
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Manufacturing businesses in western New York can expect tax relief through this year’s state budget. The effort aims to improve the economic… -
Tonawanda Coke and its owner will be sentenced in federal court. In the preliminary sentencing report U.S. District Judge William Skretny said victims… -
A Buffalo charter school leader has created several mobile apps that aim to break down roadblocks for low-income and first generation college bound… -
Researchers at the University at Buffalo are studying how mind-controlled robots can be utilized in the manufacturing sector. The team is also working to… -
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide cancer patients more access to affordable treatments.Oral chemotherapy drugs are currently classified… -
A new report claims that the job impact of shale gas drilling is exaggerated by supporters. The analysis finds only one out-of-every 795 jobs was shale… -
A number of Buffalo college students have been coming away with some of the big prizes at recent computer code writing contest known as “hackathons.” As… -
Upstate New York cities take in around 90 percent of all current refugee resettlements in the state. All this week, The Innovation Trail is taking a look… -
Local hiring policies are becoming more commonplace as a way to address regional unemployment and strengthen the tax base. New quotas for local workers… -
Special mouth guards and helmets marketed to help reduce concussions may not actually provide any additional protection for football players a new report…
