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The U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy on Wednesday (May 9) aimed at keeping rural post offices open, while tackling the objective of cutting costs. The USPS says it is losing close to $8.5 billion a year. The newly announced plan would keep post offices open, but with “modified …

The Evinston Post Office will remain open after all with an announcement that it will not be closed to save money as initially planned last year. More: continued here

Postal Service: Will keep rural post offices openSeattle Post IntelligencerHOPE YEN, AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially struggling US Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours. At a news briefing, … …

WASHINGTON (AP) – The struggling U.S. Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. Postmaster More: continued here

Postal Service will keep rural post offices open, shorten hoursSTLtoday.comEmily Rasinski, erasinski@post-dispatch.com WASHINGTON • The struggling US Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. More: continued here

WLFI.com Postal Service Holds Back on ClosuresNew York TimesWASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service said Wednesday that it wanted to keep hundreds of small post offices open with reduced hours, whittling down its ambitious plan to streamline its services and balance its books. It said it would also offer …

6abc.com Post Office Seeks to Scale Back ClosuresWall Street JournalAP WASHINGTON—The struggling US Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. Postmaster Mary Flaten lowers the service window at the post …

Postal Service will keep rural post offices openThe Salem NewsHOPE YEN AP The struggling US Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe tells a news conference …

WXIA-TV Endangered rural post offices get a reprieveWXIA-TVA miniature mailbox sits on the counter of the Ewell Post Office on August 22, 2011 in Ewell, Smith Island, Maryland. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (MSNBC) — The struggling US Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, … More: …

Postal Service: Will keep rural post offices openBusinessWeekBy HOPE YEN The struggling US Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe tells a news conference the new …