If you need stamps, now is the time to buy them. The US Postal Service has announced that it will raise the prices of several mailing services starting in July. Among the changes is a 5-cent increase in the price of a First Class Forever Stamp.

V-Mail was launched on June 15, 1942, and ran through April 1, 1945. In that time, more than a billion letters were sent using the process.

DETROIT, MI — On June 7, 2024, the Detroit Post Office celebrated the 150th Anniversary of the J. W. Westcott Company and the 76-year association of the J.W. Westcott as an official U. S. Postal Service mail boat beginning in 1948.

Mail service and Congressional issues are in the news every day.  Below are the latest articles I found.

Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The U.S. Postal Service announced they are temporarily suspending operations at the Bluff Park Finance Branch at Shades Mountain Plaza in Birmingham due to unspecified safety concerns.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) first brought this case to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and our Office of Investigations.

On June 11, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sent its proposed standard on indoor/outdoor heat illness prevention to the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review.

For Leave Year 2025 (begins Jan. 11, 2025 and ends Jan. 9, 2026), APWU-represented employees aforementioned are entitled to carryover a maximum of 520 hours of earned annual leave.

As my team and I continue our work and advocate to ensure that the Chokoloskee Postal Office returns to its previous standard of operation, know that I remain committed to holding the U.S. Postal Service accountable in its service of our community."

The program, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, is based on a simple idea: Postal Service employees know the habits of their customers and the rhythms of their communities and are often the first to notify emergency personnel and render aid when something is wrong.

Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.