Monday, June 30
Subtle Violations of Postal Regulations Can Cost Mailers Millions
Dead Tree Edition
First upright $2 Jenny Invert pane auctioned
Linns Stamp News
Protesters against USPS-Staples partnership demonstrate in Downtown Berkeley
The Daily Californian
New Postal Museum exhibit: "Behind the Badge: The US Postal Inspection Service"
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Video: PMG says USPS can provide 15 minute notice of package delivery
postalnews blog
Sunday, June 29
Oklahoma post office receives unexpected delivery following storms
KFOR Oklahoma City
Video: USPS plan to cut hours at smaller Iowa post offices picks up
postalnews blog
Free-standing postal boxes are easy prey for ID thieves
Dallas Morning News
Saturday, June 28
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat stays mail carriers, part time or not
Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post by NRLCA President Jeanette Dwyer
Hattiesburg mail carrier celebrates 55 years with Post Office
WDAM Hattiesburg
Friday, June 27
Legislation to extend sale of tiger semipostal stamp
Linns Stamp News
USPS working on stamp ordering simplification
Linns Stamp News
Thursday, June 26
Video: Letter Carrier Delivers Baby To Full-Term While Working
KELO TV Sioux Falls
Audio: Interview with Tom Day, USPS Chief Sustainability Officer
Federal News Radio
California letter carrier found guilty of child molestation
Victorville Daily Press
Wednesday, June 25
Corpus Christi letter carrier threatened with gun
KRIS-javascript:void(0)TV
Maryland Letter Carrier Struck by Vehicle, Flown to Shock Trauma
WHAG TV Hagerstown
USPS revenue up 3% in May- YTD operating surplus $1.3 billion
postalnews blog
Video: USPS emergency drill prepares workers for the real thing
WLBZ TV Bangor
Tuesday, June 24
In peace time and in war there will always be mail call
Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS)
How Aging Trucks Could Doom Nationwide Mail Delivery
Businessweek
Housing project loses mail delivery over broken lock
New York Post
Monday, June 23
Police charge 82 year old postal worker with mail theft
postalnews.com
USPS Helps Restaurants Reach New Patrons With Every Door Direct Mail
What will the USPS call “Every Door Direct Mail” when they stop doing door to door delivery?
Press release
Press release
Valassis pulls newspaper coupons, swithches to USPS
Tampa Bay Times
Postal Workers Due In Court In Workers Comp Fraud Case
CBS Connecticut
Sunday, June 22
Cool Jobs: The Postal Mural Preservationist
Federal News Radio
Saturday, June 21
Experts: New UPS Dimensional Weight Pricing Will Have Significant Impact
Multichannel Merchant
"Groundswell of support" for Massachusetts postmaster
Greenfield Recorder
Mail truck, pickup truck in head-on crash in Georgia
Rome News-Tribune
Friday, June 20
Cataloger Scores an NSA From the Postal Service
Direct Marketing News
USPS announces Maura McNerney as new VP/Controller
postalnews.com
Fake APC stamps found used on mail from online purchase
Linns Stamp News
Thursday, June 19
Kentucky postmaster sentenced for mail theft
Ledger Independent
Video: Florida Letter Carrier Honored After Saving Woman’s Life
postalnews.com
Wednesday, June 18
Wyoming letter carrier dies after losing control of vehicle
Casper Star Tribune
Felony arrest warrant issued for letter carrier who killed Yorkie with rock
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Video: USPS apologizes for Guam address change fiasco
postalnews.com
N.J. woman rear-ended by mail truck driver busy eating a sandwich
New York Daily News
Tuesday, June 17
Judge dismisses grand theft charge against ex-Idaho City postmaster
Idaho Statesman
USPS claims rate hike didn’t cause drop in periodical volumes
USPS News Link
U.S. Postal Service: ‘The Financial Hole We’re In Is So Deep’
Corporate Intelligence - WSJ
UPS follows FedEx, introduces dimensional pricing
Press release
Postal Reform - Laying the Cards on the Table
Quad/Graphics Leading Change blog
OIG: USPS needs to act on replacing its delivery fleet
USPS OIG via postalnews.com
Cincinnati Postal Service to hold full-scale emergency exercise
WXIX TV Cincinnatti
Video: San Francisco Postal Service ranks amongst worst recycling offenders
KTVU San Francisco
Monday, June 16
With Cantor Gone, House GOP Drops Postal Rescue for Highway Fund
postalnews.com
USPS Suspends Delivery Confirmation in Underperforming Countries
EcommerceBytes
The Postal Service Is Not a Congressional Piggy Bank
Roll Call Opinion
Sunday, June 15
Postal worker alerts Cheshire CT police to ‘untimely death’
New Haven Register
Illinois postmaster’s quick thinking foils con man
Jacksonville IL Journal Courier
Saturday, June 14
Looking Ahead: 2015 Postal Pricing Adjustments
QuadGraphics Leading Change blog
Dimondstein: Editorial was wrong and disrespectful
(In a footnote, the newspaper says it was attacking the postal workers union, not "hard working postal workers". It says there's a difference, but doesn't explain...)
Foster's Daily Democrat
Foster's Daily Democrat
Video: Mailing laws stymie Las Vegas man, despite insurance
postalnews.com
Friday, June 13
Video: Woman in wheelchair fights to move mailbox off highway
postalnews.com
Appeals court upholds firing of 44 year Chicago postal employee
postalnews.com
Not much chance for postal reform any time soon
Linns Stamp News: Washington Postal Scene
Thursday, June 12
Pennsylvania window clerk stole $55K in money orders and cash
postalnews.com
Will Cantor's Defeat Sink the Highway-Postal Delivery Deal?
Direct Marketing News
Wednesday, June 11
Albany DM promoted to Manager, Package Platform
postalnews.com via postcom
Video: USPS Packages Go Missing or Undelivered in Ohio
WSYX Columbus
Postal Service yanks Fort Worth Post Office off the market
Fort Worth Business Press
Global postal downturn will leave letterboxes feeling lonely
Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday, June 10
Florida postal worker charged with stealing checks from the mail
South Florida Sun Sentinel
USPS proposes halving hours at West Springfield PA Post Office
Erie Times-News
Man drives car into New Hampshire Post Office
Brattleboro Reformer
Endicia Releases Unique Return Shipping Solution
postalnews.com
Monday, June 9
Nation’s first mobile Village Post Office opens in Texas
postalnews.com
House GOP Plan to Fund Highways – strangely – puts USPS in Jeopardy
Delivering for America
PMG Donahoe supports GOP plan to have USPS finance highway repairs
Washington Post
Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for June 9
Linns Stamp News
FedEx changes could boost shipping rates 30% to 50% in some cases
SupplyChainBrain
Sunday, June 8
Jury finds Oregon letter carrier guilty of groping, burglary
postalnews.com
NALC Legislative Update: Six-day under attack
National Association of Letter Carriers
Saturday, June 7
It's Time for Postal Unions and Mailers To 'KISS' on USPS Reform
Dead Tree Edition
Video: Wedding invitations go missing in the mail
WWLP Springfield MA
Watch for More Flexibility in USPS Promotions
Direct Marketing News
Friday, June 6
Video: Mad man attacks Oklahoma letter carrier with a bat
KFOR Oklahoma City
PRC Commissioner says radical change needed for USPS to survive
Watertown Daily Times
Residents of Alabama town concerned for future of post office
Shelby County Reporter
OIG says USPS violated its own contracting rules in Diebold deal
postalnews.com
North Carolina letter carrier honored for saving woman’s life
Winston-Salem Journal
The Monopoly That Haunts the U.S. Paper Market: USPS
Dead Tree Edition
Thursday, June 5
New Jersey letter carrier saves woman's life
Bridgewater-Raritan NJ News - The Alternative Press
Cleveland VMF manager charged with extorting bribes in exchange for work contracts
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Postal Banking to the rescue in both Canada and the U.S.
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Mail carrier robbed at gunpoint in Tukwila WA
KOMO TV Seattle
USPS losing millions to fuel-guzzling contractors
FierceGovernment
Georgia: USPS tells local candidate she can't campaign on PO property
Canton-Sixes, GA Patch
Wednesday, June 4
Staples exec mocks postal workers at “town hall” meeting
NH Labor News via postalnews.com
North Dakota postmaster charged with taking funds
Associated Press
Post Office, Mailers Are at an Historic Juncture
Direct Marketing News
Postal service blows it! Why Wal-Mart and Google are cleaning its clock
"Postal Service has long resisted offering banking services. Here's why they -- and we -- could live to regret it"
Salon
Salon
Cost of Using eBay Hassle Free Returns Goes Up
EcommerceBytes
Tuesday, June 3
Mail collection box stolen in Phoenix; $10K reward offered
KTVK TV Phoenix
USPS disputes article that questioned value of Village Post Offices
liteblue.usps.gov
Audio: NALC President Fred Rolando discusses USPS finnces
FederalNewsRadio.com
U.S. Postal Service offers reward in explosion at Marin CA post office
Marin Independent Journal
Thrift Savings Plan Funds Move Back to Black in May
Government Executive
Monday, June 2
Supreme Court rules poisoning a mailbox doesn't violate chemical weapons treaty
Philadelphia Inquirer
USPS year to date profit from operations reaches $1.4 billion
postalnews blog
Catalogs as the New Window Displays
USPS Office of Inspector General blog
Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for June 2
stamps.postalnews.com
Video: Postal inspectors say grandparents scam continues across U.S.
postalcrime.com
Sunday, June 1
Load Leveling Forces Mailers To Rethink Delivery Dates
Direct Marketing News
Video: Postal workers sickened by bear repellent in NE Philadelphia
postalnews blog
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