Post Office

The Associated Press The Associated Press KALAUPAPA, Hawaii Successive Hawaii governments forcibly exiled leprosy patients to an isolated settlement on the island of Molokai. Now, as the U.S. Postal Service considers shuttering Kalaupapa’s post office, the 17 patients who still live in the peninsula say their history — as well …

The following St. Louis area post offices and branches are on a list to be considered for closing. More: continued here

The next stage in the Government’s plans for the Royal Mail have been unveiled with proposals to move the Post Office into mutual ownership. More: continued here

David Donafee, 42, was just doing his job on Valentine’s Day 2008 as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here

Normanton MP Ed Balls is backing the fight to keep local post offices open. Ledger Lane Post Office was closed last April when the subpostmater resigned. More: continued here

Postal Service processing center at Tallevast Road may closeSarasota Herald-TribuneA line of customers snakes out into the lobby of the Tallevast Road Post Office in this December 2008 file photo. The US Postal Service is considering closing its sorting center on Tallevast Road. By Christopher O'Donnell MANATEE COUNTY – Almost …

Syracuse.com Storm Damage Closes Three Post OfficesFOX 40 News WICZ TVMail will continue to be delivered, but three post offices in Broome and Tioga Counties will have to close due to flood damage. In a release sent out of the Syracuse office, post office spokesperson Maureen Marion described damage as …

A Middleburg Heights post office has been renamed for a postal carrier who was killed on the job. More: continued here

Syracuse.com Post office suspends operation at 3 offices after floodingPress & Sun-BulletinPostal services at three offices in the Southern Tier have been suspended due to flood damage and moved to other sites, officials announced Sunday. Tioga Center has relocated to Owego at 6 Lake St., Endwell has moved to Endicott …

The U.S. Postal Service stands on the verge of default and thousands of jobs across the country are in peril.But Victor Dubina, a spokesman for the post office’s Cincinnati district — which includes Middletown and Hamilton offices — said community members should not expect barren storefronts in the place of …