Apr 22, 2019 – Press Release Washington, D.C.- Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today introduced the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2019, legislation to make the American transportation sector cleaner by transforming the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) federal fleet into a national leader in fuel efficiency and technological innovation. “Earth […]
O’FALLON, Ill. – 4/22/19 – A woman was burned to death inside her vehicle Monday morning near the O’Fallon Family Sports Park and police are looking for the victim’s husband. According to Lieutenant Kerry Andrews, O’Fallon Police Department, the murder took place just before 7:25 a.m. Monday near the intersection of Obernuefemann Road and West […]
4/22/19 – A Tacoma woman has settled a 2016 lawsuit filed against the U.S. Postal Service and a former mail carrier with a long history of inappropriate behavior with women on his routes, including entering homes without permission and suggesting his customers purchase and wear items from lingerie catalogs he delivered. According to court documents, […]
PRC Releases Report on Postal Service Financial Condition: Losses from Operations Continue to Grow Washington, DC – 4/19/19 – Today the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued its Financial Analysis report, an examination of the U.S. Postal Service’s (Postal Service) financial results and 10-K Statements for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The Postal Service reported a net loss from operations […]
From NALC Branch 358: Over 230 post offices nationwide will be test sites for this process. Phase 1 will be in May, Phase 2 in June, and Phase 3 in August. Under this test, carriers will either be “casing multiple routes” or “delivering on the street for 7 hours and 45 minutes”.
Lapeer, MI, Rural Carrier Debra Fritch, who was on the job when a dog bit her on the nose, recalls the experience during a TV news interview this week. USPS News Link – 4/18/19 – Derrin Tucker was delivering mail recently when a dog charged toward him. The Lubbock, TX, letter carrier remembered the safety […]
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Postal Inspectors are investigating a series of ‘dock thefts’ at two Henderson post office locations which could affect thousands of customers. A postal inspector says two locations, one at 404 S. Boulder Highway, and another at 1575 Horizon Ridge Parkway have reported someone is stealing plastic trays of mail, potentially holding […]
Minot – Frustrations with late or even lost mail have led a county commissioner to take his concerns to Washington D.C. Ward County Commissioner Alan Walter says Minot and surrounding areas were dealt a bad hand when the U.S. Postal Service moved some of Minot’s mail processing to Bismarck back in 2015. According to a […]
Richmond, Va. – 4/17/19 -Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) released the following statement in response to an audit report conducted by the United States Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General regarding mail delivery delays in the Richmond district; “This mail delivery study confirmed what I have been hearing from my constituents over and over again: people in Richmond […]
4/16/19 – For years the United States Postal Service has tried to make people understand how serious dog attacks are. Today they offered living proof in a mail carrier from Lapeer whose nose was bitten off. They also introduced mail carrier Todd Bridges. Bridges survived a vicious attack that was caught on camera He says,”I […]