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Rain, snow and gloom of night won’t do it, but what might be keeping your letter carrier from their...

Being a junior letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service is a tough job — being supported by your supervisor helps make it better. The Postal Service has a plan to improve retention among pre-career employees

Constitution-backed Postal Service at risk of dismantling by privatizers

The Postal Service is so important that it was authorized in the Constitution. It’s long been one of our most respected government institutions.

Mail thefts, robberies, fraud and other postal crimes – 05/28/25

Postal crimes are almost a daily event.  These are the ones we found today

Box truck delivering mail in accident causing fuel leak

The driver of the truck escaped without injury. Crews spent approximately three hours on the scene, securing a large diesel fuel leak, assisting in the safe offloading of cargo, and controlling traffic.

House Bill Seeks Increased Oversight of Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives aims to strengthen oversight of the federal government’s retirement savings plan by establishing an independent inspector general for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Putnam County Takes Flight: National Air Mail Week, 1938

In 1938, the U.S. Post Office sponsored National Air Mail Week, held from May 15 to 21, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the inauguration of Air Mail service, first launched by the Post Office on May 15, 1918

Postal police officer says force is unable to patrol despite crimes against mail carriers increasing

They're robbing letter carriers, they're sticking a gun in a letter carrier's face and they're demanding arrow keys," said Frank Albergo, a postal police officer who's the president of the National Postal Police Union.

Mail thefts, robberies, fraud and other postal crimes – 05/27/25

Postal crimes are almost a daily event.  These are the ones we found today

This N.C. man received an envelope full of gravel — and 20 other random packages. Here’s how ‘brushing’ works

Commenters pointed him to what cyber‑fraud experts call a brushing scam.

From 1925-1974, the postal system spearheaded innovations in delivery — and its own identity

The sky was the limit in 1925: An act of Congress authorized the postmaster general to contract for airmail service, and in 1926, the first commercial airmail took flight.

These postal employees helped a co-worker who had a heart attack get emergency care

A team of employees at the Clovis, CA, Post Office helped save the life of Michael Montes Jr., a rural carrier who had a heart attack inside a locker room there.

America Could Get 68 New Zip Codes

Dozens of communities across the United States could get new zip codes under a bill introduced by Representative Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican
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