BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The U.S. Postal Service is nearing the end of a two-year process to determine a reduction of retail-service hours at 246 rural post office locations throughout Alabama.

As part of the plan that will conclude in September, the agency has scheduled community meetings from June 26 through July 16 concerning the final 45 rural post office locations, which span all parts of the state, that are under consideration for reductions.

The meetings will focus on proposed retail-hour reductions at the sites and allow input from the public on preferred hours of operation. Postal officials will review comments before determining the reduced hours at each site.

Already, the Postal Service has reduced hours at 195 locations throughout Alabama since late 2012. The cuts come under the agency’s nationwide cost-savings plan as it struggles with billions in annual operating losses.
As Alabama’s rural post offices cut hours, which sites are next?