Yakima postal workers forced to continue to work outside despite freezing conditions

YAKIMA, WA — For months now, workers at a Cle Elum Post Office have been handling mail outside despite freezing weather conditions.

In mid-September, a pipe burst in the post office located on East 1st Street in Cle Elum, causing the building to flood.

“The people that are working there are working in some pretty extreme conditions, and I’m just thankful that they are doing their job to help service,” Kittitas County Commissioner, Laura Osiadacz, said.

Since then, postal workers have been stationed outside, handing people their mail in an alley behind the building.