POSTAL UPDATES
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Jul 8, 2022, 14:00 PM
Wedding invitations help Bridal Veil post office stay open
The town was named after the nearby Bridal Veil Falls, a beautiful waterfall that is part of the Oregon State Park system. -
Jul 5, 2022, 16:44 PM
Delta Airlines settles claim with U.S. Postal Service
The Justice Department said the settlement brings the total to more than $80 million that the Postal Service has received from air carriers for submitting false delivery mail scans to the USPS. -
Jun 26, 2022, 16:00 PM
Bentonia Festival entertains blues enthusiasts for 50 years
The inaugural festival was held in 1972 at legendary bluesman Jimmy “Duck” Holmes’ family farm about a mile north of Bentonia. -
Jun 15, 2022, 13:30 PM
Postmark for sesquicentennial of Pennsylvania coal, lumber town
This week’s featured postmark hails from DuBois, Pa., a city 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. -
Jun 13, 2022, 15:31 PM
PRC questions DeJoy’s plan for air transportation
The commission’s caution came in response to a proposed change in delivery standards for retail ground and parcel select ground shipments. -
Jun 8, 2022, 08:12 AM
USPS bows to Congress over electric trucks
The U.S. Postal Service announced June 1 that it will add a supplemental environmental impact statement to its plan for a new generation of mail delivery trucks. -
May 31, 2022, 10:30 AM
Cattle and crops featured on Denver postmarks
The Rocky Mountain Stamp Show took place May 27-29. -
May 26, 2022, 08:15 AM
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is determined to stay
As DeJoy made clear in his keynote address at the National Postal Forum on May 16, his plan calls for much more with regard to the nation’s mail service. -
May 18, 2022, 08:30 AM
House bill seeks to allow members of Congress to visit USPS facilities
The bill is called the Ensuring Oversight Access at the Postal Service Act. -
May 17, 2022, 13:47 PM
Democrats press for electric mail trucks
President Joe Biden, House Democrats and environmental organizations are pressing for more electric postal trucks. -
May 16, 2022, 10:05 AM
Walt Disney’s hometown museum welcomes fan club with postmark
The Walt Disney Hometown Museum in Marceline, Mo., has sponsored a postmark featuring an image of Walt’s barn. -
May 12, 2022, 08:15 AM
PMG DeJoy declares USPS rate increases will continue
DeJoy made clear the USPS is going to continue to be revenue hungry. -
May 3, 2022, 09:52 AM
Postal Service truck plan attacked in lawsuits
The suits, filed in federal district courts, argue that the DeJoy plan should be set aside by the courts because it violates federal environmental standards. -
Apr 27, 2022, 09:58 AM
USPS says no to delivery of fragile mail
Public comments on the decision will be accepted until May 20. -
Apr 25, 2022, 12:38 PM
Deserted Outer Banks island hosts reunion after four-year hiatus
Every two years, a remote island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks hosts a reunion for those who trace their lineage to its former dwellers. -
Apr 21, 2022, 13:54 PM
USPS to slow mail delivery beginning May 1
The move will affect about one-third of the Postal Service’s first-class parcels, which now will take one to two days more to deliver. -
Apr 20, 2022, 11:30 AM
Show cancel marks centennial of U.S. Fourth Bureau definitive series
The 1922 definitive series was introduced to replace the Washington-Franklin series, which had been in service since 1908. -
Apr 20, 2022, 08:48 AM
Biden signs Postal Reform Act into law
The measure passed both the House of Representatives and Senate with bipartisan support. -
Apr 18, 2022, 15:00 PM
Postal Service balked at electric delivery trucks in 2009
There is nothing new about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s reluctance to plunge into the electric truck market. -
Apr 8, 2022, 10:00 AM
No charges brought against DeJoy for political giving
The federal investigation, which DeJoy disclosed in June 2021, had clouded his tenure as the nation’s 75th postmaster general.
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