Post Office

Panhandle post offices' closures in questionAmarillo.comBy BOBBY CERVANTES A US Postal Service moratorium has temporarily spared nearly a dozen post offices in the Texas Panhandle from closures, agency officials said. Postal Service officials in July said 11 Panhandle post offices were on a list of nearly … More: continued here

New York Times A Fight for Post Offices and Towns' SoulsNew York TimesThen one day they closed the post office. Now Mozart is a place on the road where only those who knew it was there would know it was there. The same thing happened with Newnata, Rushing and Cozahome. …

Three thefts occurred the week before Christmas at the Lebanon Post Office when parcel lockers were pried open while the post office was closed, but the inside lobby remained open. More: continued here

By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 4, 2012 CLEARWATER — The U.S. Postal Service’s 11th-hour request to keep its Clearwater Beach post office open into May is hitting resistance from city leaders who are ready to see it leave. Last month, less than a week after the ailing …

A Counterpoint to Post Office Official MessagePatch.comNow, a website called Save the Post Office has punched holes in the op-ed piece thought to be written by Fernandez and pointed to a relatively new policy that prevents postal service workers from speaking to the media. As Save the Post Office's Steve …

By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 4, 2012 CLEARWATER — The U.S. Postal Service’s 11th-hour request to keep its Clearwater Beach post office open through May is hitting resistance from city leaders who are ready to see it leave. Last month, less than a week after the ailing …

It all happened Tuesday evening around 5:30 in Grand Haven Routine errands turned into a scary experience at a local post office after a man carrying two guns walked into the building. More: continued here

Bryan College Station Eagle Postal Service's plan to close post offices hits roadbumpsFederalNewsRadio.comBy Emily Kopp The Postal Service's recent decision to delay the closing of hundreds of mail processing centers and thousands of local post offices until May has given critics plenty of time to question the agency's strategy to …

Fearing for future, rural Utah towns fight for post officesSalt Lake TribuneAlthough they are far from alone in their fears, this hamlet of 308 people is in danger of losing its post office, which has been a lifeline to the outside world since the 1870s, when the first contract was …

Officials upset at delay in closing Clearwater Beach post officeTampabay.comBy Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer CLEARWATER — The US Postal Service's 11th-hour request to keep its Clearwater Beach post office open into May is hitting resistance from city leaders who are ready to see it leave. Last month, less than …