Post Office

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill says USPS will keep it open Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill says the post office mail processing facility in Springfield will not cose down. She says theU.S. Postal Service has agreed to keep that facility and another in Cape Girardeau open, in response to Senate-passed postal reform …

Bloomfield post office reopensSoutheast MissourianThe Bloomfield post office is open for business folowing its closure in April due to the finding of asbestos. The information came in an email from the city of Bloomfield on Thursday morning. A post on the city's website Wednesday afternoon announced … More: continued here

The beleaguered U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that it is moving forward with plans to end mail processing at nearly 250 plants, including its Harrisburg Pike facility, after January. The cost-saving moves will begin this summer, when 48 mail-processing plants will be shut down. The closures will… More: continued here

The recent deaths of more than 500 chicks en route to two local stores were not caused by procedures at the Keene Post Office, a spokesperson said Thursday. An assistant manager at one of the stores, though, says she questions whether procedures for caring for the live chicks were followed. …

Ukiah's former downtown post office has been listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. More: continued here

CHATTANOOGA — Chattanooga's Post Offices look to be spared from the first round of closing scheduled for this summer. More: continued here

Postal Service To Start Closing Plants This SummerNPRby AP Post Master General Patrick Donahoe announces a new plan to keep the nation's smallest post offices open on Wednesday. A day later, he said they were going forward with cuts over a modified timeline. Post Master General Patrick Donahoe announces …and …

Central Texas post offices on list of planned closuresKXXV News Channel 25Among the centers on the list for consolidation is the Waco Post Office Annex, located on Imperial Drive. The Waco Processing and Distribution Center on Highway 6 is not on the list of consolidated locations. Sam Bolen, USPS spokesperson …

Through the support of the North Dakota Art Gallery Association the Lake Region Heritage Center (Old Post Office Museum) is proud to display the work of Williston based artist Aaron Hexom. More: continued here

Rural customers: Don't close post officesBattle Creek EnquirerVal Slaughter talks about the importance to her of living close to the Dowling post office. / John Grap/The Enquirer Ken Brown, the director of nearby Camp Wesley Woods, talks about the importance of the Dowling post office. / John Grap/The Enquirer … …