The U.S. Postal Service loses hundreds of millions of dollars per year, in part because of competition from email and social media. People simply don’t send letters anymore. Several ideas have surfaced to improve the postal service’s bottom line, but the board which oversees its operations is essentially paralyzed. The problem is political. It turns […]
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Several residents who live in the Glendale section of the city said they often have trouble getting their mail from the nearby post office because of limited – and inconvenient – hours. Glendale Post Office, the only nearby post office, does not provide home delivery because the area was once rural and […]
DALLAS – Over the last three decades, the job title — mail carrier, mailman, and postal carrier, to name a few — has changed. In 2015, it’s “letter carrier” and Donald Williamson is one of the best. “I realized that my future was ahead of me and the post office was giving me the opportunity […]
I-Team: Pacifica woman can’t work after police error on ticket PACIFICA, Calif. (KGO) –The ABC7 News I-Team investigates how a long-time driver for the U.S. Postal Service can’t work, because a police officer got one number wrong on the ticket he gave her. There’s some good information in this story for all drivers. That mistake […]
August 13, 2015 SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Members of the American Postal Workers Union protested outside of the Gateway Post Office Thursday in Springfield. Braden Pelky, the local president of the APWU, says that his friend and co-worker, who wishes to remain anonymous, was terminated after being on active military duty for too long. The anonymous […]
It seems everyone is talking about mailbox burglaries in West Hollywood except for the U.S. Postal Service. As WEHOville has reported, there have been a number of burglaries in recent weeks in which thieves apparently use a “master key” or “arrow key” from the local Post Office to enter lobbies of apartment and condo buildings […]
The agency is working on a new proposal to fix their budget woes that could have your mailman doing jobs you wouldn’t expect. A new report by the Inspector General outlines a plan to have the mailman stop in to help the elderly, by assessing their health and even setting up their new TV. The […]
Unique partnership between USPS and QCA schools helps ensure that every student has school supplies August 8, 2015 – Today wasn’t just a regular day on the job for the USPS mail carriers in Bettendorf. All the the carriers for the day brought back an extra load to the post office. This load included pencils, […]
DETROIT (WXYZ) – A Detroit mother is thanking the people who saved her daughter’s life.Deanna Craddock’s daughter Whitney, a young postal worker, was outside her mail truck when she was hit by an impaired driver and pinned underneath the two vehicles. “I was just saying a prayer on the side of the bed for God […]
August 4, 2015 CALIFORNIA – Some Filipinos are angry because they believe their postal carrier has been throwing away their mail. According to residents of Carson Apartment Complex, the US Postal Service has treated their dumpster as the new mailbox. They claimed they caught a mail carrier in the act of dumping their mail intended […]