December 31, 2023
- USPS Rural Carrier Union Requests Penalties to Prevent Payroll Errors
- Green Bay mail carrier of 36 years is celebrated in documentary made by son
- Shhh! New Documentary Reveals Who Helps Answer Letters to Santa
- Superior mail carrier reflects on devastating Marshall Fire
December 30, 2023
- Video: Neighbors, postal workers hold procession on route of mailman killed in Tampa hit-and-run
- USPS Continues to Deliver Mail and Packages to 98 Percent of the Nation’s Population in Less Than Three Days – PEN
- Armed Robbery at Jessup, MD Post Office, Suspect at Large
- Violent crimes against postal workers on the rise, union says
- Flatbed tow truck towing USPS vehicle loses control, plows into front of North Bergen home
December 29, 2023
- Harrisburg USPS workers hospitalized after allegedly eating drugged brownies at work party
- Man run over, killed by USPS box truck at Mars Hill, NC post office
- Secretary Gray Submits Public Comment Opposing U.S. Postal Service’s Proposal to Process Wyoming Mail in Colorado
- Smart collection boxes and a campaign to keep postal workers safe are new USPS efforts
- Boston Police seek public’s help identifying man who robbed Dorchester postal worker
- Memorial procession to be held for Tampa mailman killed in hit-and-run
- OIG: Customer Inquiries Drive Delivery Audits at Chicago Area USPS Facilities
December 28, 2023
- Masked men attack postal worker in Randolph, MA stealing master mail key
- Theft Strikes Montclair, NJ Postal Truck
- USPS Hears Big Outcry Over Plan To Move Mail Processing Out Of Wyoming
- IRS ‘Pay Up’ Letters Start Arriving in Millions of Mailboxes Next Week – Yep – gotta pay for those illegals and jabs
December 27, 2023
- OIG: Suspicious Packages Lead OIG, Federal Partners to Major Drug Bust | Read PEN’s original coverage here
- USPS to hold service for mail carrier killed in hit-and-run crash in Tampa
- Watch this gift-giving puppy shake with excitement when the postal worker arrives
- ‘Not your grandparents’ post office:’ The future USPS being tested in California
December 26, 2023
- Watch: Amazon worker takes holiday tip intended for Chicago USPS carrier
- Postal vehicle passes stopped school bus in Saranac Lake, NY
- USPS: Recalling 2023’s notable employee stories
- Family says grandma was the first woman mail carrier in Tampa
December 25, 2023
- MERRY CHRISTMAS!
- Must Watch: UPS Man Delivering as the Grinch
- Watch: USPS Letter Carrier Delivering as the Grinch
- Watch: Postal worker gifted free tickets to Vikings game from stranger
- Ohio woman had check stolen from USPS collection box then had her identity stolen, bank account drained days before Christmas
December 24, 2023
- Grinch postal worker spotted delivering mail in Corpus Christi
- Iconic USPS collection boxes are getting high-tech replacements
- Florida named state with fewest porch pirates
December 23, 2023
- USPS Delivery Performance Continues to Average 2.6 Days – PEN
- USPS debunks report that a San Antonio mail facility had massive backup
- ‘Is it going to be costly? Probably,’ Las Vegas neighborhood questions postal service response to mail theft
- Neither rain nor flood could keep devoted Johnson postmaster office from appointed rounds
- Wallingford, CT mail carrier called a hero for response during condo fire
December 22, 2023
- Video: Man charged in postal worker’s death denied bond
- USPS sets higher salary caps for management-level employees in 2024
- Mail truck fire in Maryland
- Hundreds of Lancaster County people’s mail found in man’s car
- USPS Holiday Operating Schedule – PEN
- ‘It did no justice’ widow says after OSHA fines Postal Service $15625 over Dallas mail carrier’s death
- USPS mail carrier robbed, pistol whipped
- When a Labyrinth of Pneumatic Tubes Shuttled Mail Beneath the Streets of New York City
- Jacksonville Man Indicted On Bank Fraud And Theft Of Mail Charges – PEN
- 30 vintage photos of postal workers show how the profession has changed over the years
- Video: Hulk the Dog Doesn’t Scare This Super Chill Mailman
December 21, 2023
- Congressman Emmer, Minnesota Republicans Demand Answers on Postal Delays Following Issues in City of Carver – PEN
- Charlotte mail carrier suspended after calling 911 in medical emergency
- Video: Arkansas postmaster accused of pitching packages on porches
- USPS Rings In Lunar New Year With Year of the Dragon Stamp
- NALC selects convention venues for 2028, 2030
- Alaska Delegation Calls on PRC to Reject Unjust Postal Rate Increases for Alaskans – PEN
- ‘He’s not just the mailman. He’s a friend’: An Edwardsville, Kansas mailman’s special holiday delivery
- 2 arrested after stealing $1K of clothing, USPS mail uniform: Sunnyvale police
- What’s work like for an LA postal carrier before Christmas?
- You want postal police on delivery beats? No way
- USPS faces $15,625 fine after heat-related death of Dallas mail carrier Eugene Gates Jr.
- OIG: Focus On the Universal Service Obligation
- OIG: Supervisor Vacancies
December 20, 2023
- Indictment Charges San Jose Man with Robbing U.S. Mail Carrier – PEN
- Senators Request an Inspector General Audit of Minnesota-North Dakota Postal Service – PEN
- Dallas lawmaker asks for USPS oversight hearing regarding heat-related illness and injury – PEN
- Tampa police make arrest after USPS carrier killed in hit-and-run
- NAPS: USPS Responses to Modifications to Salary Schedules and Annual Leave Programs
- Delegation sends frosty letter to U.S. Postal Service over mail increases for Alaskans and Hawaiians
- US attorney talks ‘exploding’ mail theft cases and growing prosecutions
December 19, 2023
- ‘He was just a great man’: Tampa mailman killed in hit-and-run identified and remembered
- Twenty employees at one Kansas City metro post office are under investigation after hundreds of Amazon packages went missing, according to a source who was once employed there
- Four men charged in Austin area postal theft scheme involving master keys
- Survey suggests mail-in election balloting irregularities of 2020 could return in 2024
- Federal Judge Upholds $26.5 Million Award to Family in USPS Crash Case – PEN
- Two Atlanta men charged with armed robberies of postal workers – PEN
- Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) Blasts Proposal to Move Cheyenne’s Mail Processing to Denver – PEN
- Video: Florida letter carrier killed in hit-and-run
- USPS Holiday Newsroom tracks latest mail numbers
- ‘Smishing’ package, shipping scams on the rise this holiday season
- San Antonio postal service whistleblowers reveal massive Christmas package pileup
- Florida Man Sentenced To 21 Months’ Imprisonment for His Role In “Grandparents” Mail Fraud Scheme – PEN
December 18, 2023
- Postal Service Ready to Deliver in the Peak of the Holiday Season – PEN
- USPS, King County police departments use trackers to catch porch pirates
- Those iconic blue mail collection boxes are getting a high-tech makeover
- USPS tells Dallas congresswoman it will send new trucks to Texas — but no details of when
- The Mailman Did It
- USPS: Know the rules on group gifts
- OIG: Processing and Delivery of Veterans Affairs Medicine
- Two Santa Maria residents arrested in connection to USPS robbery theft investigation
- Minnesota postal carriers deliver concerns on workload, conditions as holiday packages pile up
- Investigation finds Royal Mail prioritising packages over letters – Sounds like Amazon here in the states
- Seasonal Affective Disorder: It’s More Than the Winter Blues
December 17, 2023
- The Postal Service Wasn’t Built for Boxes – PEN has stated this fact for a long time
- What happens to letters to Santa? This postal worker made kids merry for decades
- The 2020 Election Mass Mail-In Vote was an ‘Invitation to Fraud’ – Mass media will not tell you that
- USPS deliveries severely delayed, labor shortage and Amazon blamed
December 16, 2023
- GAO Says Opportunities Exist to Strengthen USPS Workforce Diversity Efforts – PEN
- USPS’ workforce is very diverse. Its management is less so
- Postal Service Delivery Performance Continues to Average 2.6 Days – PEN
- Former Pennsylvania Postal Employee Sentenced to Probation for Mail Theft – PEN
- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., is demanding answers from the United States Postal Service, which she believes could be leaking sensitive data
- Mountain View mailboxes compromised by armed robberies, putting mail carriers at risk
- Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) requests postmaster general review delays at Oak Creek facility and find a solution
- Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) calls USPS letter response ‘dismissive’ and ‘extremely disappointing’
December 15, 2023
- Man accused of robbing mail carrier at gunpoint faces federal charge
- Frustration over packages reportedly ‘stuck’ at USPS Oak Creek facility, Union its short staffed
- Rural carrier union demands USPS pay ‘harsh penalties’ if payroll problems persist
- USPS has released the Thrift Savings Plan’s holiday schedule
- Take a look at the Postal Service’s Montgomery, AL Sorting and Distribution Center
- Post Office working overtime to deliver onslaught of packages
- State’s highest court to weigh if Amazon delivery drivers are independent contractors or employees
- ‘Mystery’ postcard finally arrives at its destination 42 years later
- OIG: Examining Inflation Indices for Regulating Market Dominant Price Increases
December 14, 2023
- North Carolina Mail Handler Sentenced for Stealing a Firearm from Mailed Package – PEN
- Representative Mike Collins (R-Ga.) Leads Letter to USPS Over Operations Breakdown in Georgia Ahead of Holidays – PEN
- Idaho Republican Congressional Delegation Introduces Legislation to Protect Access to Local Post Offices – PEN
- Former Bemidji Post Office worker says carriers bogged down daily with hundreds of Amazon packages
- Boardman, OH postal carrier assaulted and robbed on Melbourne Avenue Wednesday
- W.Va. Postal Workers Union Waiting For USPS Mail Processing Center Sustainability Review
- USPS shows off high-tech upgrades, revolutionizing holiday deliveries
- OIG Agents Bring Unlikely Co-conspirators to Justice
- Pennsylvania Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to a Charge of Theft of Mail – PEN
- Former Ithaca, NY Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Money Orders – PEN
- Postal-Only Health Plan on Track but Much Remains to Do, Says Report
- Video: USPS driver accused of Aurora hit-and-run, T-bone crash in the same night
- Postal Service Needs to Correct Its Financial Projections
- Minnesota postal carriers grumble over workload, conditions as holiday season deliveries pile up
- ‘Processed as they are received’ | In statement, USPS addresses issues at Houston-area post office
- ‘It could have been real bad’: 3-year-old boy wandering alone reunited with family thanks to postal worker
- TSP limits – Contribution cap to rise next year
- MSPB finally rules on OPM apportioning the Retiree Annuity Supplement
December 13, 2023
- Video: Departing Bemidji, MN postal worker documents overwhelming package volume
- ‘Worst I’ve ever seen’: Rural mail carrier union prez says USPS needs to up wages
- USPS Pressed on Employee Impact of Network Plan
- Wyoming Town Council seeks emergency postal staff
- Video: Turning Car Collides With Postal Van
- NALC: 2023 National Rap Session Recap Pt. 1
- Salem police investigate daycare after letter carrier finds 3-year-old walking alone
- ‘Abhorrent conditions’: Calif. county says tiny post office is unsafe for workers
December 12, 2023
- Letter carrier finds shoeless boy, 3, wandering alone in Salem, Massachusetts
- ‘Take that to the news, I don’t care’: Florida postal worker arrested after confrontation with customer | Watch Video
- Postal service employees tackling the holiday rush as shipping deadlines loom
- FedEx issues safety warning to delivery drivers after rash of truck robberies, carjackings
- Republican National Committee backs effort to block mail-in ballots received after Election Day
- USPS Inspector General: Colorado mountain towns have worse delivery than rest of state, country
- Elected officials say postal service is auditing four Twin Cities locations after customer complaints
- GAO says USPS business model, financial struggles partly to blame for mail delays
- Postal Service Moving Mail Processing To Denver From Cheyenne
- Amerijet forced to park idle freighters after postal contracts end
- A Look Back • St. Louis postal clerks had to wade through mountains of Christmas mail by hand
- US Postal Service Workers Face Dire Workplace Co
December 11, 2023
- Service Performance Across USPS Network Remains Stable – PEN
- Virginia leaders call on USPS to host town hall in January – PEN
- Miami USPS worker gets arrested for snatching phone of man recording her at post office
- State sorting out questions about all-mail voting after Capitol Hill mailbox blunder
- Those Slightly Curvier Postal Trucks Aren’t What You Think
- ‘Worked to death’: Postal employees in Missoula say workplace is in crisis
- When Amazon comes to town, rural post offices struggle to keep up with deliveries
- OIG: An Interactive Recap of the Fall Semiannual Report to Congress
- OIG: Security Assessment of a U.S. Postal Service Product Solutions Application
- A deadly delivery highlights ‘falsified’ heat records at USPS
- Port Jervis Valley Mail Carrier Being Pushed Out After 53 Years
- Rep. LaLota (R-NY) Introduces Mobile Post Office Relief Act. to Support Sound Beach Postal Customers – PEN
- ‘Heart-wrenching’: Grandmother’s ashes taken from porch in Tennessee
December 10, 2023
- Video: Postal worker killed, vigil held 1 year later
- Signal Mountain, TN Post Office closes Saturday due to technical problems
- Dakota Central postal facility subject of public comment meeting Friday
- Amazon packages overwhelm San Juan postal system
- How Amazon stole Christmas from the failing Royal Mail
December 09, 2023
- U.S. Postal Inspector Charged with Mail Theft, Obstruction of Justice, and Money Laundering
- Amazon promises convenience for customers, but it’s crushing some rural mail carriers
- Video shows Atlanta USPS mail carrier crashing into mailbox – Homeowner has trouble getting mail for a month after the accident
- Sen. Manchin visits Charleston postal processing facility amid U.S. Postal Service review and expected operational changes to follow
- El Paso residents allege mail carrier damages packages, demand accountability
- Audit finds U.S. Postal Service delivery to Colorado mountain towns lagging due to staffing issues, mishandling of mail
- USPS investigating stolen mail reports at Montgomery, AL post office
- News 12 gets inside look at USPS distribution center amid holiday mail rush
December 08, 2023
- Nebraska Rural Carrier Sentenced for desertion of mail – said it saved him 5 minutes daily – PEN
- Fort Pierce, FL Man Detained for Robbery of U.S. Postal Letter Carrier – PEN
- Fall River, MA Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty to Obstructing the Mail and Diverting Packages – PEN
- Postal Worker, 30, Who Answered Kids’ Santa Letters, Killed In Car Accident
- Some Twin Cities residents are fed up with mail delays — and now the USPS is investigating
- Senators decry Postal Service’s response to Minnesotans
- Feds charge suspect with robbing mail carrier at gunpoint in South Euclid
- Staffing shortages and lack of space contributing to postal problems in Colorado mountain towns
- USPS casting call – Employees can audition for ads
- Lancaster County officials still waiting on info from postal service on delayed mail-in ballots
- APWU Holds Informational Picket in Response to Potential Changes at Charleston’s Processing Facility
- Scammers sell counterfeit stamps on social media; USPS warns of consequences
- Palmer, AK postmaster withholding residential delivery on new addresses using third party receptacles
- Overwhelmed with Amazon packages, San Juans post office sets up tents outside
- USPS driver recovering after carjacking at gunpoint
December 07, 2023
- Senators Introduce Legislation to Hold Postal Service Accountable for Delayed and Undelivered Mail – PEN
- Two Philadelphia men plead guilty to mail theft – they netted $171,000 – PEN
- Lawmakers Urge USPS To Implement OIG Report’s Recommendations Immediately – PEN
- Sen. Shelley Capito, R-W.Va. – “I will do everything in my power” to avert the closure of the USPS Charleston Processing & Distribution Center – PEN
- Video shows USPS letter carrier being attacked, robbed in N. Houston
- Postal inspector shoots at Newport News mail-theft suspects
- Chesapeake, VA mailman admits to stealing mail on his route
- Postal Service plan to move jobs to Oklahoma City makes no sense, Fayetteville workers and residents say
- Postal Service releases ideas to improve service in Colorado mountain towns
- USPS on track to surpass last year’s deliveries – encouraging early mailing
- Stolen mail dumped in Downtown Fresno neighborhood
December 06, 2023
- USPS Announces Holiday Operating Schedule – PEN
- GAO Fall 2023 Semiannual Report to Congress – PEN
- Port Jervis community rallies behind fired mailman with 53 years of service
- Knoxville mail carrier carjacked at gunpoint, suspects evade officers
- Congressman Chuck Fleischmann says staffing shortage to blame for Soddy Daisy postal issues
- Listening session attendees speak out about USPS delays, working conditions
- OIG: Delivery and Customer Service in Colorado Mountain Towns
- Missouri Letter Carrier Accused of Stealing from Mail – PEN
- Former Ohio letter carrier pleads guilty to selling mail key – PEN
- Meng Applauds Postal Service Audit – PEN
- Rural mail carriers warned not to blame mail delays on Amazon
- FSA limits – Health, dependent care caps for 2024
- Where’s my mail? Richmond officials fight for transparency after USPS backs out of town hall
- Many small post offices are struggling with mail delays, in part because of delivering Amazon packages
- USPS carriers could fall victim to distracted drivers
- DeJoy says USPS network needs ‘major’ overhaul. But union, senators wary of impact
- The difference between Santa’s delivery system and USPS
December 05, 2023
- USPS disputes claims from Belgrade residents that mail delivery is behind schedule
- Bemidji City Council Passes Resolution on Mail Delivery, Listening Session on Postal Issues Scheduled
- Postal Service mailboxes on the Coast being vandalized
- Letter delivery to be reduced to every second day in Australia Post ‘modernisation’ that will expand parcel business
December 04, 2023
- USPS says ballot mail that is undeliverable as addressed must be forwarded to the voter starting 1.21.24 – PEN
- Average Time to Deliver Across Postal Network Steady at 2.6 Days – PEN
- Postal service contractor to lay off 60 at Denver facility
- USPS paid for unused air mail transport due to incorrect forecasts, OIG says
- 2024 is a National Election Year: Time to Bring Out the Hatch Act
- ‘Thousands of mail ballots not counted’: PA gov fixing issue that disenfranchised 17K voters
- Mail-in ballot dating issue rises from the dead
- Mail-in Voting Is Killing Us
- OIG: Upcoming Audit: Service Performance of the New Sorting and Delivery Center in Everett, WA
- Richmond postal town hall canceled after USPS declined to participate
- 2 indicted in assaults on Ohio postal workers during armed robberies of mail, money
- Australia Post set to phase out daily letter delivery nationwide as part of a plan to cut costs
- ‘Your package is delayed’ – Delivery text scams are hot for the holidays
- What? No substitute letter carrier?
December 03, 2023
- Sen. Manchin Statement on Efforts to Keep West Virginia’s Postal Facility in the State – not one single employee will be laid off -PEN
- What happens when a tiny town’s postmaster retires? For these Utahns, it means volunteers deliver packages
- Mail truck stolen from postal worker in Fernwood, Chicago police say – carrier dropped his keys
- Postal Service must steer clear of electric trucks
December 02, 2023
- New Jersey Letter Carrier Admits Stealing More Than $170,000 From Mail – PEN
- Former Marblehead, MA USPS Clerk Sentenced for Conversion of Government Money – Must pay $18,206 in restitution to USPS – PEN
- Trio Stole Keys from Long Island Letter Carriers and then Sold them on Instagram, DA Claims – PEN
- NY Woman Sentenced for Bribing NJ Mail Carriers to Steal Keys – PEN
- Rep. Burchett criticizes Postal Service over recent Knoxville meeting – PEN
- Feds highlight Tampa mail carrier robberies in effort against crime trend
- Retired Ohio Postal Worker Wayne Akin was victim of Ohio sex worker
- Watch: Woman Tries to Expose Postal Worker Refusing to Serve Her at Closing Time, But He Roasts Her Instead
December 01, 2023
- Multiple Individuals Charged for Armed Robberies of Florida Letter Carriers – PEN
- Central Ohio men plead guilty to 4 armed robberies of Postal carriers, face minimum of 20 years in prison – PEN
- More than 100 Lancaster County mail-in ballots tossed after postal service delay – 2024 election will be a nightmare with mail-in ballots
- Gunman Who Killed 24-Year-Old Postal Worker In Region Sentenced To Prison
- Packages, mail stolen from USPS vehicles in Wilkes-Barre
- Man stole 70 cellphones from mail while working at USPS sorting facility in Lancaster County, PA
- Postal Service’s poor service is costing newspapers subscribers
- OIG: Texas-2 District: Delivery Operations
- OIG: Effectiveness of Planning Mail Capacity on Air Transportation
- Two Men Sentenced for Gun Crimes Committed During the Robbery of a U.S. Postal Mail Carrier – PEN
- 2 Ohio defendants plead guilty in case involving armed robbery of mail carrier – PEN
- Video: US Postal Service on coordinated effort to combat crimes against carriers
- Watch: USPS employees share concerns after meeting with Postal Service leaders
- Delivery drivers face holiday violence as carjackers, robbers disrupt package rush
- Watch: Funny moment four wild turkeys closely followed a postman on his round
- Can a great holiday season save the US Postal Service? Sadly, no
- Uncertain future for South Charleston postal workers as facility faces potential consolidation
- USPS unveils swift action plan for mail delivery woes in Dickinson