jim eckstrom

Local photographer Dan Jordan got up early — super early — Tuesday morning to get pictures of the lunar eclipse in the western sky over the Olean area...

I was fishing one of my favorite trout streams on a recent evening, making my way down to a particularly favored spot — when I stopped short. Wouldn’t...

Jim Eckstrom, editor of the Olean Times Herald, wrote a column last fall about seeing river otters in the Allegheny National Forest while fishing the ...

Our editor, Jim Eckstrom, is always on the lookout for nature — even in the Olean Times Herald parking lot. Leaving to run an errand Thursday, he saw ...

LITTLE VALLEY — A 23-year-old Salamanca man was sentenced Monday in Cattaraugus County Court to up to 25 years in state prison in the December stabbin...

Acknowledging that Olean Times Herald editor Jim Eckstrom has the right to an opinion, I take issue with the way he stated his position in his column ...

ALLEGANY — When news of the massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, unfolded Friday, Father Michael Calabria felt compelled to reach out...

Judging by Jim Eckstrom’s State & Union column in the Jan. 27 edition of the Olean Times Herald, he’s become a birder. Jim is the editor of the paper ...

The Olean Times Herald and The Bradford Era are dropping the comic strip “Non Sequitur” over a profane message about President Donald Trump drawn into...

Angie and I are not quite true empty nesters. Our oldest son Sam is finishing up graduate work at St. Bonaventure and student teaching at an area scho...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Democratic challenger Maryanne Cole faced off against Republican incumbent Martin Causer Tuesday night in an at-times heated debate or...

My son Ben said something the other day that, to some, might sound preposterous: “Summer’s over after the Fourth of July.” What? Summer doesn’t offici...

The Olean Times Herald and its sister publications publish dozens of bylined news and sports stories per week — and that does not include many other n...

I was never much of a coffee drinker until my early 20s. Work had something to do with that — when I joined the staff at The Bradford Era I had to tra...

Some years ago a young man walked into the newsroom to fill out the form to have the birth of his girlfriend’s baby put in the paper. At the time, the...

OLEAN — Five candidates for Congress from New York’s 23rd district will present their case for the Democratic nomination on Saturday evening in Cutco ...

I enjoyed Jim Eckstrom’s column on frackwater in the April 19 edition of the Olean Times Herald. After more than 45 years in engineering, I have moved...

We’re a bit late on this, as the spring-like weather prevailed the last week of February, but we wanted to catch up on some emails and sightings that ...