New centralized page for all things PSHB on Ruralinfo.net – Postal Service Heath Benefit Plan
So we created a page at Ruralinfo.net where you can find the top links AND access our interactive premium tables. As new info comes out, I will add it on…
Updates – Weather Impacting the US Postal Service – Hurricane Helene 9/30/24
Hurricane Helene, flooding, and severe weather events in the Southeastern U.S. (FL, GA, SC, NC, AL, TN, KY, and VA) may impact the processing, transportation, and delivery of mail and…
Budzinski, Golden Urge Postmaster General DeJoy to Reconsider Plans to Slow Delivery Rates for Rural Residents
We are writing to express our extreme concern with the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) August 22, 2024, announcement that you will be adjusting mail delivery times, resulting in additional…
Can you stop the inflow of campaign fliers to your mailbox?
Election season is upon us once again, and with it: a plethora of campaign yard signs and TV ads, political text messages, and fliers of varying sizes stuffed in your…
USPS announces Fort Myers postal processing facility changes
The United States Postal Service (USPS) recently announced processing operations will remain at the Fort Myers postal facility.
Vermont Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) dies on the route
Upon arrival, officers located a USPS mail vehicle off the southbound shoulder at an uncontrolled rest in the wood line. Responding officers found the operator, later identified as Douglas Loso,…
The tribulations of how ZIP codes were woven into American (and Alaskan) life
The concept of ZIP codes, from the acronym Zone Improvement Plan, originated in the 1940s. Beginning in 1943, the Postal Service divided larger cities into two-digit postal zones.
Mailman steals gift cards, buys dinner at Meijer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Days after being caught stuffing mail into his pants, a letter carrier used a stolen gift card to buy himself a takeout dinner from Meijer,…
Kansas Secretary of State criticizes USPS response to mail ballot concerns
Kansas Secretary Scott Schwab recently brought attention to a critical issue following the 2024 Primary Election
A letter carrier helped rescue a customer from a car fire
In April, Letter Carrier Tesfaye Deyasso was returning to his Minneapolis home after his shift when he came upon a car ablaze with the driver trapped inside.