Post Office

Little Village Your Village: What's happening at the old post office on Clinton Street?Little VillageJason, Iowa City, via the Your Village feature on LV's homepage. Normally when there's a Your Village question about a construction project in Iowa City, the answer can be summed up in one word: apartments. But …

GeekWire Amazon consumer chief says U.S. Post Office deal is 'a terrific …GeekWireAmazon has publicly responded to months of criticism from President Donald Trump about the company's relationship with the United States Postal Service for the first time. Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon's worldwide consumer business, dismissed the president …Why …

GeekWire Amazon consumer chief says US Post Office deal is 'a terrific partnership,' despite Trump tiradeGeekWire“For more than two decades, we've worked with the post office to invent and deliver for customers and business all over the U.S. profitably, creating a bunch of jobs in the process. It's been a …

TIME Overwhelmed Brooklyn Postman Aleksey Germash Hoarded 17000 Letters and Parcels to Focus on 'Important' MailNewsweekA New York mailman has been arrested for stockpiling thousands of pieces of undelivered mail, spanning almost 15 years. The man, Aleksey Germash, 53, has been with the U.S. Postal Service for 16 years, before …

The Sentinel-Echo Passport Fair this Saturday at London Post OfficeThe Sentinel-EchoLOUISVILLE—For customers planning international trips, several post offices will host upcoming Passport Fairs. Fairs serve customers on a first come, first serve basis. No appointments are needed. (There is a limited capacity for acceptance.) For … More: continued here

Fort Dodge Messenger Humboldt acts on post office buildingFort Dodge MessengerHUMBOLDT — The Humboldt City Council approved attempting to take possession of a vacant building located at 30 Taft St. N. at Monday's meeting. The building formerly housed the Humboldt Post Office, but has sat vacant for 14 years and …

Markets Insider DeliveranceWhy America's post office should be privatisedThe EconomistSeeking a survival strategy, and with online shopping booming, the post office is focusing on delivering parcels. But it has no monopoly in this business, and its network was built for letters. Parcels still comprise less than a third of revenue …

The Economist Why America's post office should be privatisedThe EconomistSeeking a survival strategy, and with online shopping booming, the post office is focusing on delivering parcels. But it has no monopoly in this business, and its network was built for letters. Parcels still comprise less than a third of revenue …

Artesia Daily Press Lawmakers urge USPS to maintain permanent post office in Pie TownArtesia Daily PressU.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representative Steve Pearce sent a letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan to express concerns with the temporary suspension of operations at the post office in Pie …

Markets Insider Going postalAmazon is not the only threat to legacy post officesThe EconomistIT MAY be hard to imagine a world without cheap postal services, but 200 years ago sending mail was a luxury. Posting a letter from London to Edinburgh cost an average daily wage. In 1840, after a …