ATLANTA - Employees at the U.S. Postal Service’s Atlanta local processing center say they have been working without air conditioning for weeks, enduring sweltering conditions during some of the hottest days of July.

In this plan, there is a subsection called the Regional Transportation Optimization (RTO) plan, which aims to reduce the number of delivery trips and mail collections at most USPS facilities farther than 50 miles from a processing plant.

The program is in place each year from April 1 through Oct. 31 and is triggered at any other time when weather reports issued by the National Weather Service for a particular work location indicate that the outdoor heat index temperatures are expected to exceed 80 degrees Fahrenheit during a workday or work shift.

Amazon said spending billions more on its rural delivery network will create 100,000 additional local jobs, which is more than the 75,000 workers employed by the U.S. Postal Service in America’s 15 most-rural states

In this episode, we’re diving into USPS’ Post Office retail modernization efforts aimed at creating a more efficient and customer-friendly experience

SANDY — Some Sandy residents were startled this afternoon when a mail truck crashed into their houses on Colima Drive.

Ten months since Hurricane Helene ravaged parts of western North Carolina, post offices have not reopened in many communities

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

The Postal Service previously proposed five increases over three years, with the July 2025 hike being the first. Additional hikes are planned for January and July of each year through 2027, as part of a USPS effort to improve finances.

Following a deadly crash in Kaufman County involving a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) contract truck that killed five people — including four members of one Texas family — Dallas attorney and nationally recognized traffic safety advocate Amy Witherite is demanding immediate federal reforms.

The Postal Service has successfully completed testing a prototype package sorter that will enable the organization to increase its processing capacity and retire some of its older machines.

Postal Realty Trust has carved out a niche by investing in US post offices — despite concern that mail delivery won’t long survive in its current form.