{"id":20458,"date":"2017-08-01T08:50:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T13:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=20458"},"modified":"2017-08-01T08:50:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T13:50:40","slug":"alaskan-post-office-featured-on-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/08\/01\/alaskan-post-office-featured-on-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaskan Post Office featured on NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><a title=\"Cassy Peavy, who runs the Post Office in tiny Meyers Chuck, AK, skiffs home. Image: NPR\" href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AKPostOffice_large-story.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[28177]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width  wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AKPostOffice_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AKPostOffice_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AKPostOffice_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AKPostOffice_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AKPostOffice_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Postmaster on boat\" width=\"606\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\">Cassy Peavy, who runs the Post Office in tiny Meyers Chuck, AK, skiffs home. Image: NPR<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meyers Chuck is having a moment.<\/p>\n<p>The tiny Alaska town \u2014 and its Post Office, which plays a central role in residents\u2019 lives \u2014 was the subject of a recent NPR\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/06\/24\/531617584\/meyers-chuck-ak-99903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While on assignment in the state, Melissa Block, an NPR special correspondent, noticed Meyers Chuck on a map. The town was shown as a dot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething about that name caught my imagination and wouldn\u2019t let go,\u201d Block told listeners.<\/p>\n<p>Meyers Chuck is only accessible by air and water, so Block and her producer hitched a ride on a mail plane that makes weekly visits to the office run by contract Postmaster Cassy Peavy.<\/p>\n<p>For 15 years, Peavy has overseen the Post Office\u2019s 18 mailboxes and 2-20 customers.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesdays, Meyers Chuck residents visit the single-room Post Office, collect their mail and catch up with neighbors over coffee and treats that Peavy bakes herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It\u2019s a] pretty quiet place here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The NPR report is part of\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/512460254\/our-land\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Our Land<\/em><\/a><em>,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a series that shows how residents\u2019 identities are shaped by where they live.<\/p>\n<p>In Meyers Chuck, Peavy and the Post Office play a big role: The next closest town to pick up mail is 11 miles away by boat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pretty much the boss,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n<p>Source: USPS News Link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cassy Peavy, who runs the Post Office in tiny Meyers Chuck, AK, skiffs home. Image: NPR Meyers Chuck is having a moment. The tiny Alaska town \u2014 and its Post Office, which plays a central role in residents\u2019 lives \u2014 was the subject of a recent NPR\u00a0report. While on assignment in the state, Melissa Block, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20461,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20458\/revisions\/20461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}