News
Nov 09, 2022
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...
Local Columnists, News
Jun 19, 2021
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...
Lifestyle, News, Outdoors
May 02, 2020
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 ...
Local News, News
Oct 11, 2019
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 ...
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News
Sep 26, 2019
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...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Jul 21, 2019
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 ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Mar 19, 2019
ALLEGANY — When news of the massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, unfolded Friday, Father Michael Calabria felt compelled to reach out...
Lifestyle, Outdoors
Feb 14, 2019
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 ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Feb 12, 2019
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...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Nov 22, 2018
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...
Local News, News
Oct 24, 2018
BRADFORD, Pa. — Democratic challenger Maryanne Cole faced off against Republican incumbent Martin Causer Tuesday night in an at-times heated debate or...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Aug 06, 2018
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...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Jul 10, 2018
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...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Jul 09, 2018
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...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Jun 18, 2018
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jun 05, 2018
OLEAN — Five candidates for Congress from New York’s 23rd district will present their case for the Democratic nomination on Saturday evening in Cutco ...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor, Local Columnists
Apr 30, 2018
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Mar 01, 2018
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 ...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — President Donald Trump is enforcing immigration law, and for the first time in many decades immigration enforcement does not resem...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BELFAST — A newly constructed and reopened bridge on County Road 26 in the town of Belfast has been named the William “Bill” A. Nichols Bridge. Allega...
June 16, 2025
Donald L. Thierman, Sr. OLEAN --- Donald L. Thierman, Sr., 86, passed away peacefully Friday (June 13, 2025) at The Pines of Olean. Born August 14, 19...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
CUBA — The village of Cuba hosted the Dairy Days 2025 celebration over the weekend, which featured the Community Yard Sale throughout the area on Satu...
