Post Office

By Jennifer Richardson WALTON, Ore. — Winding through Highway 126 you find Walton — and its heartbeat — the post office. But it's one of 20 in Oregon on the chopping block. "I've got an invalid husband and I really don't want to have to drive to Noti or Veneta …

Battle over the mailWashington PostThe cash-strapped Postal Service is closing branches nationwide, drawing complaints from customers and lawmakers who question the retrenchment. The Potomac Station post office on Mount Vernon Avenue in the Del Ray area of Alexandria is one of the area … More: continued here

SALISBURY—The U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission has denied the appeal filed by Etienne Delessert and and his wife, Rita Marshall, of Lakeville, disputing the Postal Service’s decision to consolidate facilities and make the Lakeville Post Office a branch of the nearby Salisbury Post Office. More: continued here

Rain, sleet and snow might not stop the post office from delivering your mail, but some bad information can. More: continued here

La Jollans are being called upon to help decide what “Plan B” should be in case the ongoing effort to save La Jolla’s existing post office on Wall Street fails. More: continued here

KLCC FM Public Radio Merkley says he'll keep fighting to keep rural post offices openNRToday.comThe Tiller post office may be remain open if Congress passes legislation that could provide the US Postal Service with financial relief that may keep it from closing rural post offices across the nation. It could …

Keys postal carrier accused of delivering 10 pounds of potMiamiHerald.comVeronica Johnson, 49, was charged Tuesday with felony marijuana possession for allegedly accepting a 10-pound package of pot at the Marathon post office and trying to deliver it to a man who was going to pay her $200 for the delivery.Keys …

KEPR 19 Mail stopped after post office gets it dead wrongKEPR 19Rain, sleet and snow might not stop the post office from delivering your mail, but some bad information can. A woman here in Yakima wound up playing catch up when she wasn't getting her bills. KIMA caught up with …

Can an Edible Stamp Save the US Postal Service?Huffington Post (satire)I'm not going to try and disseminate their current crisis, but I have heard of a project that may have lines forming at your local post office. Addie Hassef, head of USPS Special Projects and famed Chef Homaro Cantu have …

The University of Georgia will close the post office in the Tate Student Center as the volume of mail has declined in recent years. More: continued here