October 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
While the latest plan means more post offices will remain open, the reductions could erode a service that many in small towns have come to rely upon. Some experienced employees, for example, have departed. Continue Reading
August 15, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) The U.S. Postal Service is proposing to cut its rates for one of the nation’s top direct marketing companies, a move that threatens the newspaper industry’s biggest money-maker: the Sunday advertising bundle. Continue Reading
August 14, 2012 in The Daily Republic
The outside of the Old City Post Office in Washington, now home to the National Postal Museum, bears a noble inscription to the mail: “Bond of the Scattered Family/ Enlarger of the Common Life/ Carrier of News and Knowledge/ Instrument of Trade and Industry.” Continue Reading
July 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Watford City has added 1,240 post office boxes in the past six months, including 720 that will be ready this week after the post office sacrificed some mail sorting space to make room for the new boxes. “It never seems to slow down. When you’re not working the window, you’re helping sort mail. When you’re not helping sort mail, you’re trying to send out reports and answer e-mails,” said Postmaster Jason Hirst. “It’s just crazy.” Continue Reading
May 22, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
Hours will remain the same although Dickinson post office officials say they have experienced an increase in business as the population has grown. Continue Reading
May 10, 2012 in The Daily Republic
South Dakota’s congressional delegation welcomed the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement Wednesday that it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours.
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May 9, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours. Continue Reading
February 23, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The U.S. Postal Service has announced which mail processing operations it will consolidate as it teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. The Postal Service said today that in Minnesota, it will move processing from Duluth and Rochester to St. Paul and processing operations in St. Cloud, Mankato and Bemidji to Minneapolis. Continue Reading
February 23, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The U.S. Postal Service’s Customer Service Mail Processing Center in Grand Forks will remain open. The Devils Lake operation will move to Grand Forks, while the processing center in Minot will move to the Bismarck Processing and Distribution Center. No dates have been set for the changes. Continue Reading
February 16, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Mired in red ink, the U.S. Postal Service is warning it will lose as much as $18.2 billion a year by 2015 unless Congress grants it new leeway to eliminate Saturday delivery, slow first-class mail by one day and raise the price of a postage stamp by as much as 5 cents. Continue Reading
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