Post Office

Post offices to reduce hoursReporter-TimesThe US Postal Service lost $3.2 billion in the first three months of this year as mail volume dropped 4 percent. Something's got to give. But people living in rural America don't want it to be their small-town post offices. So the postal service has … …

Postal service revising plans for mail-processing closuresThe State Journal-RegisterA woman walks into the post office Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, on Cook Street. The facility was among nine in Illinois the postal service had said must be closed or consolidated to cut costs. Jason Johnson/The State Journal-Register By TIM LANDIS The …

Workday Minnesota Post office food drive breaks 3000 lbs markMaryville Daily ForumPostal workers and other volunteers sort and pack donated foodstuffs into Second Harvest Community Food Bank boxes Saturday at the Maryville Post Office. The 20th annual letter carriers' food drive netted more than 3000 pounds in non-perishable …Sussex Post …

The post office in downtown Des Moines' Capital Square received a reprieve of sorts Monday when U.S. Postal Service officials announced they would halt the pending closure of 600 urban and suburban branch and satellite stations. More: continued here

The US Postal Service said that its decision to halt the closing of more than 3,700 post offices includes roughly 600 urban and suburban postal branch offices. More: continued here

Capital Square post office spared on day of protestDesMoinesRegister.comDenis Wolf-Keith of Des Moines holds a sign during a rally for the Capitol Square Post Office, 400 Locust St. / Justin Hayworth/The Register/Photo by Justin Haywo Cindy Rose of Wausau, Wis., fills out a postcard Monday showing her support for keeping …

FRIGHTENED staff at the Seaton Post Office have been threatened by an armed attacker for the second time this year. More: continued here

Post OfficeManila BulletinThe Post Office is an endangered species. USA post has stopped its same-day delivery and closed several outlets. Philpost contemplates giving up its landmark building on Plaza Lawton and Pasig to a hotel. Sacre bleu! Is patrimony for sale? More: continued here

Just hours before it was scheduled to shut down the United States postal service saved the capitol square location. The… More: continued here

USPS halts closure of 600 urban stationsTheNewsTribune.comThe US Postal Service said Monday its decision to halt the closing of more than 3700 post offices includes roughly 600 urban and suburban postal branch offices and satellite stations. By DAVID PITT; Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — The US Postal …and more » …