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USPS to continue Saturday delivery: Rural residents relieved

April 10, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

The United States Postal Service announced Wednesday that it would not be suspending Saturday service in August as it had originally planned in an effort to cut its budget. Continue Reading

Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery by August

February 6, 2013 in The Daily Republic

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion annually, the financially struggling agency says. Continue Reading

Postal Service out to ‘restore faith’ of Oil Patch

January 9, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

WILLISTON The U.S. Postal Service has carriers working into the night delivering mail at 8 p.m. or later as it has struggled to keep up with North Dakota’s oil boom, but an official visiting the area this week says that’s going to change. Continue Reading

Postal cancellation for 12-12-12 offered today

December 12, 2012 in The Daily Republic

The Mitchell Post Office will offer a special pictorial cancellation to celebrate the last triple digit cancellation opportunity in this century.
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Finland post office changes slated for next year

November 15, 2012 in Lake County News-Chronicle

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Reduction in USPS hours coming: Targeted cities include Taylor, Grassy Butte, Gladstone, Richardton

November 13, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

TAYLOR The window of availability for some small town post offices in the area could be narrowing soon and that has some southwest North Dakotans concerned. Continue Reading

OPINION: We can save the USPS

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

Is your mail coming late? Two new employees take Dickinson routes, may help to ease delay

July 12, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Dickinson residents have noticed their mail has been coming later in the day, but with two new postal carriers taking on their own routes Saturday, some of the delay may be relieved. Continue Reading

Marijuana delivered to Trinity High School

May 30, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

A Dickinson Catholic Schools employee opened a package containing more than a pound of marijuana Tuesday that was delivered to Trinity High School, according to the Dickinson Police Department. Continue Reading

Aberdeen, Pierre, Devils Lake mail processing centers to close

May 17, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS (AP) Mail processing centers in Aberdeen and Pierre in South Dakota and Devils Lake, N.D., are among the 140 slated for consolidation by February.
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