January 31, 2019
- Norfolk postal worker indicted for stealing other people’s mail – PEN
- WWII vet receives 50,000 birthday cards through the mail – PEN
- USPS is challenging a citation and nearly $150,000 in penalties proposed by OSHA investigators following the heat-related death of a mail carrier
- Albuquerque Woman Gets Prison for Assaulting Postal Workers
- Postal employees working in deep freeze after USPS sent alert canceling mail delivery
- Updates for 2019 Stamp Dedications
- Military Working Dog Stamps Coming to a Post Office Near You
- Polar vortex prompts Amazon, UPS to halt deliveries
January 30, 2019
- USPS Suspends Deliveries Due to Extreme Cold – PEN
- Indiana Duo Convicted Of Conspiring To Rob Postal Employees Of Mail and Money – PEN
- Medical Emergency Leads USPS Driver To Crash Truck In San Francisco – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service Announces Updates to the 2019 Stamp Program – PEN
- Temporary Emergency Committee of the Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet February 8 in Columbus, OH – PEN
- The US Postal Service is suspending mail delivery in more than 100 ZIP codes because of the extreme cold
- Postal Carrier Arrested For Threatening Package Recipient, Entering Residence
- USPS Replacing All NYC Mailboxes for New ‘Anti-Fishing Model’
January 29, 2019
- California man sentenced to seven years in Sidney meth mailing case – PEN
- Postal Inspection Service Is Accepting Applications – PEN
- ‘Mail carriers are not superhuman’: Should outdoor workers have ‘cold days’ when it’s freezing?
- Royal Mail shares plunge after profit warning
- Two Central New York Post Office Heroes Help Save a Life
January 28, 2019
- RAW VIDEO: US postal truck goes up in flames in NC neighborhood – PEN
- OIG: Did USPS Effectively Identify, Analyze, Respond to, and Mitigate a Security Weakness?
- Plaquemine, LA postal service woes prompt passage of resolution urging USPS to improve
- Postal Service Pays $4.9 Million to Settle Case Over Child Killed by Truck
- Beargrease Racers Sworn in as Official U.S. Postal Carriers
- Postal watchdog appeals PRC decision approving five-cent increase in Forever stamps
- HOW AMERICA SUBSIDIZES CHINA’S MAIL THANKS TO THE UN POSTAL UNION
January 27, 2019
January 26, 2019
- New video shows woman lead police on chase in stolen mail truck – PEN
- Winter weather makes work difficult and potentially hazardous for postal workers in Billings – PEN
- Reward now up to $50,000 for info on Immokalee, FL post office robbery
- Postal Service officials put on notice for Tallahassee’s poor mail delivery service
- El Verano postal facility closed Friday due to possible asbestos contamination
- Postal workers union reports continued neglect of Albuquerque postal facilities
- ‘They called me Mr. Zip Code’
January 25, 2019
- Gregory Hines is dancing his way onto America’s mail – PEN
- Video shows USPS truck catch on fire in Kansas City – PEN
- Mail Truck Catches Fire In Sauk Village, IL – PEN
- Kenosha, WI Child Surprises Letter Carrier With Special Gift – PEN
- National Wear Red Day At USPS – PEN
- Postal worker in Polk County sentenced for stealing money, gift cards
Duluth News Tribune - Was invalidating stamps considered under 1970 Postal Reorganization Act?
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Dead Tree Edition
January 24, 2019
- USPS to implement prices changes Jan. 27 – PEN
- Postal truck had green light when it hit pedestrian
- Mailbox lying on the ground for weeks fixed following call to TV station
- Amazon’s Pitch to Woo Shippers: Fewer Fees Than FedEx, UPS
- Amazon tests delivery by self-driving robots in Seattle suburbs
- Illegal immigrant charged with trafficking marijuana through the mail
- Dentist: Postal Service lost more than 600 letters
January 23, 2019
- USPS truck flips over in Virginia crash – PEN
- Mail carrier robbed of master key to access apartment mailboxes in Little Haiti – Miami Herald
- Mailman sentenced after admitting to stealing 100 gift cards and thousands in cash – Valley News Live
- Postal contractor robbed at gunpoint at Amanda post office – Lancaster Eagle Gazette
- Atlanta: Man steals packages, checks from Postal Service mailbox – AJC
- Postal workers in U.S. protest in solidarity with Canada Post counterparts– Ottawa Citizen
- Washington: Fatal Postal Truck vs. Pedestrian Crash
January 22, 2019
- Driver injured in crash involving postal truck in Antioch, TN – WSMV
- Long Island Vietnam Vet Who Gave His Life To Save Platoon To Be Honored With U.S. Postal Service Stamp – MSN
- U.S. Postal Service: The Mother of Government Shutdowns – InsideSources
- NARFE Applauds President Trump for Signing Back Pay Bill for Federal Workers Furloughed Due to Shutdown – PEN
January 21, 2019
- Video: Package Stuck In USPS Limbo Travels Over 6,000 Miles – PEN
- Yes, there is a Santa — thanks to Postal Service – Santa Fe New Mexican
- Collector finds tagging error on 1984 Christmas stamp – Linns
January 20, 2019
- Video: Fresno mail truck carjacking suspect arrested after breaking into a business – PEN
- Film Screening, Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route – Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
- Letter Carriers Deliver Mail in the Bitter Cold – Fox News Duluth
January 19, 2019
- 13-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of arson at Montana Post Office – PEN
- Video Shows Connecticut Mail Carrier Tossing Package Out of Truck – PEN
- Connolly-Graves Reintroduce Legislation to Preserve 6-Day Postal Delivery – PEN
- More PO boxes burglarized at Bakersfield’s Pegasus Drive Post Office – PEN
- 12 Geeky Ways to Deliver Mail: U.S. Postal Service Technology Through the Ages – Popular Mechanics
January 18, 2019
- Two Daly City, CA USPS employees allege sexual harassment – PEN
- Michigan letter carrier accused of hoarding mail – PEN
- Search Continues For Missing, Pregnant Chicago Postal Worker – PEN
- The Postal Service wants employees to dress warmly when working outside this winter – PEN
- Postal Service Celebrates Lunar New Year with Year of the Boar Forever Stamp – PEN
- Postal Service will keep historic Kauai post office open
January 17, 2019
- Brooklyn Residents Take On Postal Service Over Parking Spots – “No parking on 8 street” Spray Painted Onto USPS Truck – PEN
- Connolly (D-VA) and McKinley (R-WV) reintroduce H.R. 597, the Postal Employees Appeal Rights Amendments Act Protecting USPS Managers – PEN
- APWU Health Plan Selects Inovalon ONE® Platform – PEN
- Federal Agents Searched Former Home of Portland Postal Worker – Portland Beacon
- How is the United States Postal Service still running during a government shutdown – Capital Journal
- You’re complaining about a nickel increase in cost of stamp? Think about what it does – AZ Central
January 16, 2019
- Virginia Beach Mail Carrier Robbed – PEN
- Video: Boxes Of Mail Found At Michigan Postal Employee’s Apartment– PEN
- Postal Service Will Observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, Jan. 21– PEN
- Jan. 19: Sprint Event For USPS Employees, Retirees, and Contractors – PEN
- New Directions Behavioral Health wins EAP contract for USPS – PEN
- Adapting Postal Facilities to Support Community Resilience – Save the Post Office
- USPS cancels Bypass Mail pilot project at last moment – Alaska Journal
- Icelandic Postal Worker Delivers Letter With Hand-Drawn Map On It Instead Of Address
January 15, 2019
- USPS officials investigate theft allegations inside Brookfield postal facility – PEN
- Atascocita, TX neighbors go weeks without mailbox – PEN
- Do ‘fragile’ labels protect your packages? – PEN
- Air conditioning may be mandated in Postal Service mail trucks – Daily Democrat
January 14, 2019
- Winston-Salem Carrier Hailed As a Hero For Saving Elderly Woman’s Life While on His Route – PEN
- Seven arrested following string of apartment mail thefts – Mountain View Voice
- Thefts Reported From 8 Postal Boxes in Morristown; Police – TAPinto
- USPS Gains Market Share from Rivals – eCommerce
- EPISODE 141: US POSTAL TASK FORCE REPORT – WORTH THE WAIT? – Postal Hub Podcast
- Man receives 2½-pound block of cocaine delivered in LEGO box – Dayton Daily News
January 13, 2019
- Postal Service in trouble and Congress isn’t helping – Charleston Gazette Mail
- ‘I’m fed up’: Virginia residents air issues with postal service at Church Hill town hall – Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Elizabeth City, NC Police: Postal employee charged after pointing gun – Daily Advance
- Can Postal Service, Amazon co-exist? – Kokomo Tribune
- Pepper spray discharged inside Arkansas post office – KATV
January 12, 2019
- Postal Worker Shot On New Year’s Eve Suffering From Nerve Damage – PEN
- Video: Woman arrested after chase in stolen postal truck – PEN
- Lawyer: Chicago-area man innocent in postal worker shooting – Fox
- Why was the U.S. Postal Service at CES (Consumer Electronics Show)?– Market Watch
- Unions Rally to Protest the Continuing Government Shutdown – NPMHU
January 11, 2019
- Georgia family says letter carrier destroyed their yard last month — and it’s still not fixed – PEN
- USPS Trucks Caused Damage To Memphis Business Driveway, Owner Says – PEN
- PRC Issues FY 2018 Annual Report to the President and Congress – PEN
- Department of Labor Cites USPS After Heat-Related Worker Fatality – PEN
- What happens when mailboxes are vandalized? Meet the Postal Inspection Service – Las Cruces Sun News
January 10, 2019
- Former Pennsylvania postal employee pleads guilty to misusing funds – PEN
- USPS wants all employees to understand federal ethics rules – PEN
- USPS expands Wounded Warriors Leave – PEN
- New Mexico: Woman leads police on chase in stolen mail truck – Albuquerque Journal
- Maine postal workers praised for pulling driver from burning tanker truck – Lewiston Sun Journal
- Postal Service to Dedicate Cactus Flowers Forever stamps – PEN
January 09, 2019
- Crowbars used to break open 4 USPS collection boxes in Connecticut – PEN
- USPS Says Mail Condition Visualization (MCV) Will Offer More Insight, Analysis – PEN
- Postal Service Says Hearts Blossom Forever Stamp Arrives Jan. 10 – PEN
- Louisiana postal employee dead after electrocution while changing light bulb – WKYT
- USPS installing the ‘Cadillac of Mailboxes’ across northeast Queens to stop mail theft – QNS
- New Thin-Slot Mailboxes May Have Solved the Scourge of ‘Mail Fishing’ – West Side Rag
January 08, 2019
- Postal carrier arrested for DWI has history of bad driving – PEN
- USPS tests fingerprinting services with FBI – PEN
- NPMHU: Update on Government Shutdown – PEN
- USPS best practices: Delivering packages with care – PEN
- USPS Inspection Service Accepting Applications Jan. 07 – Jan. 12, 2019– PEN
- Amazon driver gets 18 months for stealing packages destined for Oregon porches – The Oregonian
- Rash of missing mail reported in west Las Vegas neighborhood – KTNV
January 07, 2019
- Parcel carriers shined during peak delivery period, firm’s data shows – Freight Waves
- Why I Quit My Job At The Post Office and Why You Don’t Receive Your Amazon Packages On Time – PEN
- Alabama bicentennial stamp unveiled by U.S. Postal Service – AL.com
January 06, 2019
- Family Of Elk Grove Carrier That Was Shot Meets Family Who Helped Save His Life – PEN
- Rural Carrier Zene Vanleeuwen – USPS Postal Hero – PEN
- The FSS Slows, and the Red Ink Flows – Dead Tree Edition
- Thibodaux residents complain about mail delivery – Houma Today
- Houston mail carrier accused of pepper-spraying barking dog charged with animal cruelty – Houston Chronicle
January 05, 2019
- USPS IG clears conservative group of wrongdoing in Spanberger file release – Roll Call
- More reports of Austin thief using master key to steal mail – PEN
- Goleta postal facility focus of federal investigation – “serious violations,” a “toxic environment,” as well as hazardous vehicles – KEYT – Also see: January 30, 2006: California Postal Employee Jennifer San Marco Goes On Mass Shooting Rampage
- Recovered Mail Only Portion of That Reported Missing From Woodland Hills Neighborhood – NBC Sandiego
- Congressman to introduce bill requiring air conditioning in all U.S. Postal Service mail trucks – Orange Co. Register
January 04, 2019
- Arrest in attempted sexual assault of Philadelphia postal worker – PEN
- Fort Worth Letter Carrier Caught on Camera Flinging Deliveries into Puddles of Water – PEN
- Former Pennsylvania Postal Employee Sentenced for Misappropriation of Funds – PEN
- Search on for gun, and motive, in shooting of Elk Grove postal worker – Chicago Daily Herald
- Boy surprises postal worker with Lego mail truck – Kenosha News
- Fire crews extinguish mail truck that went up in flames in Dunstable, MA – WHDH
January 03, 2019
- Man charged in shooting of US postal worker in Elk Grove Village – PEN
- Philadelphia letter carrier reports she was sexually assaulted – PEN
- Dallas letter carrier caught on camera pepper-spraying dogs behind fence– PEN
- Forever Stamp Price Increases Are Biggest In US Postal Service History– PEN
- USPS implements changes to salary ranges for Postmasters as a result of the 7/20/2018 Pay Decision – UPMA
- Mail Carrier Hurt After Van Strikes Postal Truck In Northport, NY – Northport Patch
January 02, 2019
- South Carolina post office could be named for lynched black postmaster– PEN
- Alabama’s 200th birthday is being celebrated with a new postage stamp – AL.com
January 01, 2019