{"id":273882,"date":"2026-08-28T12:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273882\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:05:05","slug":"next-weeks-dhs-job-fair-canceled-by-erie-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273882\/","title":{"rendered":"Next week&#8217;s DHS job fair canceled by Erie County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) &#8211; The Department of Homeland Security Job Fair we&#8217;ve been telling you about since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wben\/news\/business\/dhs-hosting-september-job-fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">last Tuesday<\/a> is off. It was scheduled to take place at the Buffalo Convention Center next Tuesday, September 1 and Wednesday, September 2. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz released a statement Thursday saying &#8220;I do not believe [the Convention Center] should be used to support recruitment efforts that are inconsistent with the values we have repeatedly expressed as a welcoming community.&#8221; He also cited a concern over possible protests and civil unrest. The County Executive&#8217;s full statement can be found below.<\/p>\n<p>College students are heading back to school, and D&#8217;Youville University is welcoming its largest freshman class in its history, up 22% from last Fall. Classes begin next Monday, August 31.<\/p>\n<p>Ice cream maker Wells Enterprises cut the ribbon this week on its new employee center and production expansion in Dunkirk. The $425 million, multi-phase project is expected to be completed in 2028 and create 270 jobs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"3ddd2\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"c21a9a3395def6987df96e512330ad34\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 1320 989'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wells-enterprises.png\" width=\"1320\" height=\"989\" alt=\"Wells Enterprises\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"07db4\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"b1c509804a2ca809f6ea4a92f0f461e8\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 1536 864'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787918705_324_wells-enterprises.png\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" alt=\"Wells Enterprises\"\/><\/p>\n<p>To make a submission to the West Herr WBEN Buffalo Business Report, send an email to newsroom@wben.com or lucas.buckley@audacy.com.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the West Herr WBEN Buffalo Business Report:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) &#8211; The Department of Homeland Security Job Fair we&#8217;ve been telling you about since last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[108505,136,138,137],"class_list":["post-273882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-buffalo-business-news","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}