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 […]
CHICO, Calif. – Stolen mail and mail box break-ins, postal officials say its happening all over Chico. A postal employee told Action News Now, Country Lane Apartments is just one of 45 neighborhoods experiencing mail theft in the past two months. Concerned neighbor Lisa Collins has lived at country lane apartments for five years. Collins […]
PHOENIX — It may just be a simple air horn, but this is the United States Postal Services latest weapon against dog attacks. In 2018 the USPS reported 5,714 dog attacks on postal employees nation wide; 73 in Arizona and New Mexico and 24 in Phoenix. Alfredo Villa, a USPS carrier in Phoenix for 31 […]
LOVES PARK, Ill. (WIFR) — Updated: April 15, 2019, 6:05 p.m. Loves Park Police Chief Chuck Lynde tells 23 News a package with a motorcycle battery exploded at the building on Monday. Lynde says one worker has minor irritation after the explosion, but everyone in the building avoided significant injuries. The building was evacuated as a […]
Washington, DC – 4/12/19 – Today the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued its Annual Compliance Determination (ACD) assessing the pricing and service performance standards of the U.S. Postal Service (Postal Service) in fiscal year 2018. This ACD marks the 11th Compliance Determination issued since the enactment of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006. The following is […]
APWU News – 04/12/2019 – The APWU continues our offensive against the White House proposals to sell the Postal Service to private corporations. The lighthearted video below makes a crucial point – of all the many things the Postal Service will accept from the public, tax dollars are not one of them. The video advertisement […]