Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com Rural mailbox bombs explode near St. Joseph County's Lake TremeneKalamazoo Gazette – MLive.comBoth incidents were reported to the Postal Inspection Service, and to the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department, he said. Anyone with information is asked to notify the post office or the sheriff's office, at 269-467-9045 or 911.2 rural mailboxes…
Post offices in Aspen Hill, Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Silver Spring are among the 3,700 branches around the country that face closure as the U.S. Postal Service looks for ways to save money. More: continued here
Bob Corker says S&P move was a wake-up callKnoxville News SentinelThe senator said that as a businessman he paid his bills on time for 33 years, and that if the debt deal had not been approved the result would have been that a cleaning service that cleans a local post office or a small remodeling…
As the U.S. Postal Service faces losses in the billions and declining mail volume because of the digital age, it is studying closing 3,700 post offices across the nation, including two in Webb County. More: continued here
Body found near Old Post Office PavilionWashington PostThe site is in the shadow of the Old Post Office Pavilion. As of late Monday, neither the woman's name nor age was available. The site is at a nexus of Washington's business, government and monument areas. Nearby are gleaming office buildings and …Woman found fatally stabbed outside…
US postal service workers accused of stealing prescription drugsKHOUHOUSTON – Americans trust postal workers to sort and deliver mail, but some customers say many of those workers are slyly stealing on the job. "To me, it's obvious that someone at the post office is stealing drugs," said …and more » More: continued here
Mother Jones (blog) Oregon Democrats Object to Post Office ClosuresKTVZPeter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer and Kurt Schrader in a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe Monday expressing concern over the possibility that as many as 41 post offices in Oregon could be closed by the United States Postal Service. …Springfield Post Office now open at new…
Five members of West Virginia’s Congressional delegation have joined forces to voice their concerns to the United States Postal Service about the potential closure of 150 post offices statewide. More: continued here
Fox News (blog) Loving, Malaga, White's City escape US Postal Service closure listCarlsbad Current ArgusAbout 54 post offices in New Mexico are on the list for proposed closure. "We are fine. We are not on the chopping block," said Debbie Felker, postal clerk at Loving Post Office. Malaga Postmistress Debbie Tarvin said the list could…
Five of the six sitting Oregon members of Congress — all of the Democrats — voiced concern Monday about the potential closure of up to 41 post offices around the state. More: continued here