Saturday, August 31
Berkeley post office clean-up was unplanned, say police
Berkeleyside
End of an era: Tennessee Post Office closes as landlord questions move
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Friday, August 30
The PMG has a bridge to sell: The GAO report on the Postal Service healthcare plan
Save the Post Office
NALC: New Memorandum of Understanding on Filling Residual Vacancies
postalnews blog
Las Vegas: Bees sting 4 people, including letter carrier who is hospitalized
Las Vegas Sun News
Youngstown dog attack puts mail carrier in hospital
Youngstown Vindicator
Video: Iowa Postal Workers Protesting Proposed Changes
postalnews blog
Thursday, August 29
Postal Service Seeks to Lease Vehicles It Can't Afford to Buy
Government Executive
Court rules that mail handler's shift change was not an adverse employment action
Employer's Law Blog
Wednesday, August 28
Berkeley post office protest leads to crime in area, authorities say
San Jose Mercury News
USPS causing “confusion” with post office relocation process
Post & Parcel
Letter Carrier National Agreement now available
postalnews blog
Is there a pattern here? Three more post offices closing over "lease disputes"
Save the Post Office
Business worries USPS will broadly raise rates to make more revenue
The Hill's On The Money
A Customer Explains: "Why I Hate Dealing with the USPS"
Jewish Journal
Montgomery letter carrier pleads guilty in tax fraud scheme
Montgomery Advertiser
Appeal of Berkeley Post Office Closure is Dismissed by PRC
Daily Californian
Iraq veteran must move mail box or lose mail service
WYMT TV Hazard KY
Tuesday, August 27
Ohio: New carrier decides to deliver some mail on his day off…
postalnews blog
Sketch of Hayneville postal driver robbery/shooting suspect released
WSFA Montgomery
Exigency Extra
"considerations posed by parties that figure to be affected by" an "exigency" rate hike...
Direct Marketing News
Direct Marketing News
No way! PRC rejects appeal on post office closure for being late — by one day
Save the Post Office
Carbondale IL mail processing moves to St. Louis
The Southern Illinoisan
Monday, August 26
Editorial: Post office refuses to allow poster for Vietnam Wall replica tour
Coeur d'Alene Press
USPS finally pays soldier's insurance claim
WNDU TV South Bend
Public Sector Has Some of Oldest Workers Set to Retire
"To comprehend the aging of the public sector, look no further than your mailbox."
Governing.com
Governing.com
USPS year to date overtime costs reach $3.5 billion
postalnews blog
Postmaster comes through big for those fighting wildfires
Salem OR Statesman Journal
A smile, a word and a first-class fellow: Bakersfield window clerk is remembered
Bakersfield Californian
Sunday, August 25
Postal inspectors check handwriting on local absentee ballots?
postalnews blog
Saturday, August 24
USPS worker killed in South Los Angeles rear-end crash
KABC TV Los Angeles
Tennessee postal worker shot and killed by police in his own garage
postalnews blog
Musical chairs in Reading PA leaves historic post office without a place
Save the Post Office
When postal workers double as first responders
NALC President Fred Rolando in the Pocono Record
$50,000 reward offered in Pennsylvania post office robbery
Delaware County Times
Camp at the Berkeley Post Office Continues
Berkeley Daily Planet
Friday, August 23
Postal Service’s July financial statement shows continued improvement
Save the Post Office
PMG defends “DonahoeCare”, doesn’t explain why HE won’t be using it
postalnews blog
Postal Service Issues March on Washington Fiftieth Anniversary Stamp
postalnews blog
Oregon letter carrier charged with sexually assaulting 75 year old woman on route
Albany Democrat Herald
Former mail carrier explains discarding 2,000 items
Tampa Bay Times
Wauwatosa postal carrier threatened, chased while on job
WTMJ Milwaukee
Thursday, August 22
Mailers tell BOG postal price increase would be self-defeating
postalnews blog
Vermont letter carrier denies groping woman on route
St. Johnsbury Caledonian-Record
Unlikely Allies Rush To Save A Bronx Post Office's Murals
Preservation Watch - Curbed NY
Inspector general begins probe of Postal Service conferences
Washington Post
Postmaster general promises improvements in North Dakota "Oil Patch"
Dickinson Press
Western NY postal worker sentenced to prison
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Wednesday, August 21
Chained CPI could cost federal retirees thousands
Federal News Radio
USPS Chief Information Officer Ellis Burgoyne retiring
postalnews blog
Postal Service spokesman says no rural post offices in danger of closing
Nebraska Radio Network
Video: Springfield IL Postal Workers Picket
WICS TV Springfield IL
Postcom: Where in the World Is the USPS Headed with Flats?
postalnews blog
San Antonio Letter Carrier Assaulted by Customer
KABB Fox San Antonio
Video: “If The Post Office Closes Horatio Will Be No More”
postalnews blog
Tuesday, August 20
Fiasco in Freistatt: How the Post Office Became a Cluster Box
Save the Post Office
Stabbing near Berkeley PO demonstration raises questions about safety
The Daily Californian
USPS Plan to Pull Out of Fed Health Benefits Could Cost Postal Workers
Government Executive
Postal Service’s financial plan: Make Medicare pay our bills
Washington Examiner
Monday, August 19
USPS Board to meet in closed session in Kansas City on September 24
postalnews blog
Will USPS Future Plans for Priority Mail Result in Higher Rates?
eCommerce Bytes
Sunday, August 18
Postal Service Applies Old Promise to New Priority
New York Times
Misunderstanding results in many Berkeley post office protesters breaking camp
Contra Costa Times
America's Post Office: Not As Doomed As You Think
Motley Fool
Saturday, August 17
Phoenix police: Couple stole mail from 950 people, forged checks
Arizona Republic
Army soldier wants USPS to pay for insured items stolen in the mail
WNDU TV South Bend
California: Traffic Snarled After Postal Big-Rig Flips
NBC Bay Area
Post Office Sees Gain in Lost Weekend
As Agency Eyes Steps to Stem Red Ink, Residents on a Rural Route Brace for Possible End of Saturday Mail
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
Friday, August 16
Neopost and DMA Produce Guide to Successful Direct Mail
postalnews blog
National ad campaign featuring USPS employees debuts
USPS News Link Story
Illinois man gets prison time for snatching postal package
Associated Press
Rural mail carriers ship themselves to St. Louis
St Louis Post Dispatch
Frustration Builds as Mail Still Withheld in Chicago Neighborhood
DNAinfo.com Chicago
Pennsylvania letter carrier held on theft charges
Delaware County Daily Times
Did Netflix and the USPS have a falling out?
Save the Post Office
Thursday, August 15
Video: Why do conservatives want to kill the USPS?
Thom Hartmann Show via postu.be
Sending mail around Hampton Roads to take longer after distribution operations move
Norfolk New Journal & Guide
Letter carrier sues bakery after sign allegedly fell on him
Louisiana Record
Coventry letter carrier pleads not guilty in theft of mail
Providence Journal
Video: Postal Service looks to priority mail to raise cash
postalnews blog
Wednesday, August 14
Woman hits gas instead of brake - Slams into VT Post Office
WVNY TV Burlington
Video: Man Jumps West Virginia PO Counter, Grabs Clerk By The Throat
postalnews blog
What it’s all about: The war on workers goes to the post office
Save the Post Office
Tuesday, August 13
Mailman injured, cited in a rollover crash in Louisiana
KSLA News 12 Shreveport
PRC to hear mayor's appeal of Berkeley post office sale
The Daily Californian
Web Services to Challenge Post Office in Bill-Paying
New York Times
Netflix Closes Connecticut Distribution Center, Blames USPS
Hartford Courant
Newburgh NY postal facility move to slow first-class mail delivery
Kingston Daily Freeman
Monday, August 12
Bernie Sanders: Congress Must Not Hobble Postal Service Rebound
postalnews blog
When good news is bad news: The Postal Service spins its Q3 financial report
Save the Post Office
USPS Recycling Tracking Numbers from 2012
eCommerceBytes.com
Sunday, August 11
US Postal Service stops discarding Imagination Library books
Blount County TN Daily Times
Weiner inserts his own campaign fliers into mailboxes
New York Post
Saturday, August 10
Girl, 7, suffers bumps, bruises when hit by postal vehicle
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Minnesota Postal Worker's Death Raises Safety Concerns
KSTP TV - Minneapolis and St. Paul
Friday, August 9
NALC: USPS finances are rebounding strongly as economy improves
postalnews blog
Darrell Issa's Legacy Is Gumming Up the Entire House
New Republic
Postal workers save child from attempted kidnapping
USPS News Link
Expiring leases send two San Diego post offices off for closure
Save the Post Office
Video: High rent forces post office move in Iowa City
postalnews blog
Men dressed as postal workers force way into Louisiana home; rob elderly woman
WWL TV New Orleans
Thursday, August 8
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
"Carper is doing the bidding of the major mailers in his state"
Burrus Journal
Burrus Journal
Postal contract driver and accomplice face five years in Connecticut robbery
Valley Independent Sentinel
Berkeley protests continue despite warnings from US Postal Service
Daily Californian
13,000 pieces of mail recovered at Columbus postal carrier’s home
Columbus Dispatch
Friends remember Alabama letter carrier killed in vehicle crash
postalnews blog
Wednesday, August 7
Is Cliff Guffey undermining the APWU when he testifies before Congress?
Clint Burleson, Presdient of the APWU's Olympia WA Local, and candidate for APWU Clerk Craft Director
Pennsylvania Letter Carrier Attacked By Pit Bulls
CBS Pittsburgh
Berkeley post office protesters defy order to move
Berkeleyside
Letter carrier assaulted in California road rage incident
Escalon Times
There’s a fungus among us: Mold strikes a third Illinois post office
Save the Post Office
Hawaii: Burned post office on Kauai unlikely to be rebuilt
Associated Press
Video: Three hurt after car plows into Hawaii post office
postalnews blog
Budget Cuts Are Delaying USPS and Federal Retiree Payments
Dead Tree Edition
Tuesday, August 6
Berkeley: Authorities warn protesters to vacate post office
Contra Costa Times
Beware the fungus! Two more post offices closed over mold problems
Save the Post Office
Landmark post office in downtown Reading PA likely to close
Reading Eagle
Senate finds bipartisan postal bill where House did not
Washington Post
Monday, August 5
USPS IT contract oversight deficient, says IG
FierceGovernment
Meanwhile.... USPS Awards Two Contracts To AT&T worth $53.5 million
postalnews blog
Wrong ZIP on Rhode Island lighthouse first day covers
postalnews blog
Sale of main Berkeley post office building means loss of rich history
"...the public paid for Berkeley’s post office" (NOT the US Postal Service...)
The Daily Californian
The Daily Californian
OPM: Retirement Backlog Gone by March 2014
Government Executive
Senate postal reform would reduce USPS payments into FERS
FierceGovernment
Speak Your Piece: 12 Points on Postal Service
"The wife of a part-time, contracted Postal Service driver explains a dozen things you may not know about rural America’s communications lifeline"
Daily Yonder
Daily Yonder
Three Due In Court In Connecticut Postal Truck Robbery
Valley Independent Sentinel
Postal changes put an end to tradition of Missouri family
Ozark County Times
Sunday, August 4
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Postal Service Bill
postalnews blog
Proposal to Reduce Fed Workers’ Comp Benefits Attached to Postal Bill
Government Executive
Saturday, August 3
Ruth: Is Congress in recess or not? It's hard to tell
Tampa Bay Times
The Senate does postal reform: Highlights and low points of the Carper-Coburn bill
Save the Post Office
Camping Protesters at Berkeley Post Office Told to Leave
Berkeley Patch
NH postal worker's injuries not life-threatening: Few other details available about Thursday accident
Foster's Daily Democrat
Friday, August 2
APWU: Senate Postal Bill Is ‘Fatally Flawed’
postalnews blog
Chain collision injures New Hampshire letter carrier
Foster's Daily Democrat
Thursday, August 1
USPS gets creative with samples discount program
Marketplace
Going, going, gone: Historic post offices on the GSA's auction block
Save the Post Office
Video: Ohio Postal Worker Under Investigation
Agents with the DEA and the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General spent hours hauling away bins of mail from a house in North Columbus
WSYX TV Columbus OH
WSYX TV Columbus OH
Post office safe cracked, operations resume in Amarillo
Amarillo Globe-News
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