Post Office

VA SHORE: 27 post offices on Eastern Shore could see reduced hoursDelmarva Daily TimesACCOMAC — Twenty-seven post offices on Virginia's Eastern Shore would be open fewer hours each day under a new plan announced by the US Postal Service that officials say could keep the nation's smallest post offices open. …

6 postal site closures on holdDayton Daily NewsToby Talbot/AP A customer enters the post office on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 in Websterville, Vt. The post office was on the list of rural offices to be closed in Vermont. Bending to strong public opposition, the nearly bankrupt US Postal Service on …

Last week, the post office announced that rather than close thousands of rural post offices around the country to cut costs and reduce a ballooning deficit, it would drastically reduce hours at many of those locations. Some, in fact, would now be open for as little as two hours a …

   It's been a month since a Mercer County postal worker was seriously hurt during a robbery and no one's been arrested.  Now, a $50,000 reward is being offered for the arrest and conviction of this suspect.       Police say this man walked into the Burgin Post Office around 1 …

Post Offices to Remain OpenWTOKThe US Postal Service announced on Monday that it is delaying the closure of hundreds of urban and suburban post offices, including the West Meridian post office. Newscenter 11 spoke to several postal customers who all said they are thrilled to hear … More: continued here

Residents of Decatur tell Local12's Jeff Hirsh that they are glad their location won't close, but upset over plans to keep it open just two hours a day More: continued here

The United States Post Office To Ban Shipping Items with Lithium overseas. More: continued here

You might think that cutting post office hours would dramatically cut into the deficit, right? Not really More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Contract threat to 'thousands' of Post OfficesTelegraph.co.ukMore than 5000 Post Offices could be forced to close if the postal organisation fails to win a key Government contract this summer, the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters (NFSP) has warned. By James Hall, Consumer Affairs Editor Such widespread … More: continued here

Small Towns React To Shortening of Post Office HoursWKRC TV CincinnatiThat's because the US Postal Service has dropped plans to close post offices in thousands of small towns to save money. Instead, the plan is to reduce hours of operation, and as Local 12 news reporter Jeff Hirsh found out, …