Jim Eckstrom

The total solar eclipse that will occur Monday has caused excitement across the nation — and particularly along the long path of totality, which crosses much of Western New York.

By JIM ECKSTROM Olean Times Herald Updated

The Firemen's Association of the State of New York will conduct its annual RecruitNY campaign this weekend in an effort to recruit more volunteer firefighters and EMTs.

Near the core of their beliefs on American politics and voting in elections, Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity and state Sen. Cris Dush both prefer that ballots be cast at polling

ALLEGANY — Recurring themes in the discussion at Monday evening's Right Thinkers meeting was that the panelists have difficulty witnessing what they see as the steady breakdown of law and order in society — and that the downward spiral will continue in New York state and elsewhere in the United States until enough voters declare that they've seen enough.

When Assemblyman Joseph Giglio walked out of the Capitol in Albany on Saturday, a thought struck him.

By JIM ECKSTROM [email protected] Updated Help Our Community

Educators in Cuba-Rushford School District were looking for a way to jumpstart arts education as well as overall student engagement across the age groups.

For a rural region, the Twin Tiers that includes Cattaraugus and Allegany counties in New York and McKean and nearby counties in Pennsylvania has multiple avenues one might pursue to earn nursing credentials.

ST. BONAVENTURE — Visitors to instruction spaces in St. Bonaventure University’s Dennis R. DePerro School of Health Professions can find themselves forgetting they’re not actually in a medical examination room,