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US Postal Service to keep rural post offices openWAOWMore >> The US Postal Service says it will keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. This will save the mail agency half a billion dollars each year. They are addressing concerns of rural residents opposed to post office …

Rural post offices won't get the axDelmarva Daily Times17, 2011 photo shows the local post office in Markham, Va. The financially struggling US Postal Service sought Wednesday, May 9, 2012 to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with …

Rural towns may get to retain their post office. A new plan the United State Postal Service announced Wednesday would keep existing post offices in place, but with modified retail window hours to match customer use. Access to More: continued here

Family hoping Zach Smith's name will go on outside of Hornell post officeHornell Evening TribuneA memorial for Lance Cpl. Zach Smith was unveiled outside the Hornell post office on Memorial Day 2011. By Andrew Poole The Hornell post office was dedicated to Lance Cpl. Zach Smith almost two years ago, …

WLFI.com USPS keeps rural post offices open, cuts hoursBellingham HeraldBy IAN DUNCAN – Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – The United States Postal Service stayed the sword hanging over thousands of rural post offices, opting instead to cut opening hours in a bid to stem devastating financial losses.Sen. Webb to Postmaster …

Washington, DC (AP) The struggling U.S. Postal Service now says it will try to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. More: continued here

New Yorker Effect of NC gay marriage amendment unclearDenver PostBy MARTHA WAGGONER AP RALEIGH, NC—North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman, but not much is expected to change immediately. That's because North Carolina law …Anti-amendment vigil Wednesday night …

WLFI.com USPS to Keep Rural Post Offices OpenOccupational Health and SafetyBills before Congress to delay major reforms planned by the US Postal Service (USPS) may have been blunted by a new strategy USPS announced May 9 that "could keep the smallest Post Offices open for business while providing a framework …

Good and bad news for snail mail fans: To save money the U.S. Postal Service won't close your local branch, but it might reduce its hours to as little two a day. More: continued here

A reprieve for the old Evinston post officeOcalaThe old post office at the Wood and Sink store on County Road 225 in Evinston is shown in this April 20, 2011 file photo. By Cindy Swirko The rustic and beloved Evinston Post Office – Florida's oldest still-functioning post office – will …