Post Office

CBC.ca Mail delayed as wind damages St. John's post officeCBC.caRoofing materials dangle from the main Canada Post centre in St. John's early Friday morning. Roofing materials dangle from the main Canada Post centre in St. John's early Friday morning. (Cecil Haire/CBC ) The main post office in Newfoundland and …and …

The main post office in the province was temporarily shut down Friday morning after strong winds tore parts of the roof away from the Kenmount Road building in St. John’s. More: continued here

Vallecito, CA – Vandalism at the Vallecito post office near Angels Camp has residents worried about the theft of their outgoing mail. The post office reported on December 28th that their lobby More: continued here

In the September 2, 2011 edition of the LCL, we featured the plight of the rural post office, and the threat of closure from the United States Postal Service (USPS).  The post offices in Laclede and Purdin were threatened in Linn County, and the branches in Sumner and Wheeling were …

Daily Yonder New Year's Roundup: Post Offices, Kmarts and FloodingDaily YonderMimi Pickering Rural communities have a close relationship with their post offices. This is from Burdine, Kentucky. One of the most important stories in rural America this year was the proposal by the Postal Service to close more than 3600 …

What the post office reveals about modern lifeOCRegisterBy JANE GLENN HAAS According to reports a few weeks ago, we may suffer a cutback in US Postal Service in three months. Like dropping a day of service. Now the good news here is – unlike most government agencies – the postal …

Morehead's Lonzie Wright retires from post officeMorehead NewsWright retires today after 30 years at the Morehead post office. His career began in 1981, three years after he'd take the postal exam, but Wright said even then he knew many of the people on his route. “Nine years before I even …

Post Office Changes Could Hurt Small Town NewspapersNashville Public RadioFor one thing, she might hand-deliver bundles of papers to the closest post offices, but driving fifteen miles one way, twenty another, adds up. And some of those post offices are in danger of closing, too. The Courier's website may need …

Members of the local chapter of the American Postal Workers Union will hold an “informational picket” Tuesday to draw attention to a proposal to consolidate mail processing in Kansas City. More: continued here

Laclede Mayor Makes Post Office PleaLinn County LeaderThe small post office in Laclede is under threat of closure from the United States Postal Service. But the citizens of Laclede are not going down without a fight. By Dustin Watson In the September 2, 2011 edition of the LCL, we featured …