This Should Be Exigency's Last Gasp, Mailers Say

Direct Marketing News

Texas Teenager Pleads Guilty To Shooting Postal Worker

KWTX TV Waco

Bloomfield Township residents walk mailman’s route in his memory

Oakland Press

Neveda freeway reopens after USPS truck drops 14 unsecured mail containers

Reno Journal Gazette

New USPS program lets you see your junk mail before you get it

Consumer Affairs

After tornadoes, letter carrier’s arrival signals return to normalcy

good.postalnews.com

Video: Postal Service admits error in leaving bins full of mail unattended in lobby

WFTS TV Tampa

Video: Letter carrier throws package towards front porch

KPRC TV Houston

Police needed warrant to open seized package; drug-dealing charges against Worcester man dismissed

Worcester Telegram

Pennsylvania PSE charged with theft of postal funds

WPMT York PA

OSHA Slams Postal Service in Kent WA with Five Citations, $16,000 in Fines

APWU News

Video: How Amazon got the USPS to deliver on Sunday | postalnews.com

Bloomberg

Freight train hits tractor trailer hauling mail near Chicago

WBBM Chicago

Video: Post Office Investigating Mail Dumped Into Trash Cans in Carson CA

KTTV Los Angeles

Video: Teen Accused of Trying to Steal Postal Worker’s Master Key

NBC 6 South Florida

Video: Homeowners helping mail carriers during extreme heat

KOCO TV Oklahoma City

It’s Amazon’s World. The USPS Just Delivers in It

Bloomberg Business

Mailed in Manhattan

Direct Marketing News

Jack Potter made more (from the USPS) than you did last year

postalnews.com

PRC issues decision in exigency case- USPS gets $1.2 billion additional contribution

postalnews.com

Support a Harmon Killebrew stamp and you could win a year's worth of root beer

Linns Stamp News

Former postal employee in Abington PA gets jail time for credit card scam

Norristown Times Herald

Fort Worth postal worker arrested after threatening co-workers

WFAA TV Dallas

Get it while you can: The PRC to rule on exigent rate case - How long will the surcharge go on?

Spoiler alert: 8 months!
Save the Post Office

Video: Kentucky post office closed due to mold, moisture

WPSD TV Paducah

Video: Missing package remains a mystery

KTVK Phoenix

Will Real Mail Notification Make USPS a Digital Channel?

Direct Marketing News

Mail Left Unattended In Winter Haven FL Post Office Lobby

Lakeland Ledger

McCaskill Requests Study of Rural Broadband and Postal Access

postalnews.com

Help save Napa’s historic post office from the wrecking ball

Save the Post Office

Video: Man says postal worker threw package out of delivery truck

WSB TV Atlanta

Ofcom accuses Royal Mail of breach of competition law

BBC News

Innovative concept helps USPS quickly deliver parcels on Sundays in NYC

USPS News Link

Former Letter Carrier Convicted of Drug Trafficking and Bribery

postalcrime.com

The check WAS in the mail- for 17 years!

Harrison AR Daily Times

USPS sets up mobile retail service in downtown Flint after closing post office

Current landlord "hoped to keep the post office in the building and downsize it but said they did not receive any communication from the USPS."
Flint Journal

Comcast cancels The Ed Show, silences criticism of TPP treaty

(note: Ed Schultz is also a major supporter of postal workers' issues)
Alternet

Former Virginia Beach RCA pleads guilty to mail theft

WTKR TV Norfolk

There is hope for near-term exigent surcharge removal

Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers

Yonkers Post Office Fails with Mail

SW Yonkers' HamletHub

Nebraska Man Credits Postal Worker With Saving His Life

NBC Nebraska

Napans rally to protest post office demolition plans

Napa Valley Register

While Its Streaming Service Booms, Netflix Streamlines Old (Postal) Business

New York Times

The true cost for restoring service standards and why the Postal Service can afford it

Save the Post Office

Ben Franklin, postal purveyor

Philadelphia Inquirer

Top postalnews.com stories of the week July 19-25

postalnews.com

Forward with the Postal Service

Columnist finds USPS forwarding a bit backward
MetroWest Daily News

Cory Booker Introduces Postal Innovation Act to Help Expand Cost-Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Technology

postalnews.com

The rest of the story: Mail carriers lack air conditioning

Fayetteville Observer

Fill-in mail carrier delivers life-saving hand

Fremont NE Tribune

Video: Letter carrier caught throwing package while talking on cellphone

postalnews.com

USPS testing package-sized mailboxes

Hawaii News Now

Working to save items from truckload of burned mail

KCCI Des Moines

Kan. woman receives Christmas card 47 years later

Salina Post

10 fascinating facts on the Postal Service’s birthday

Constitution Daily

Inspection Service crackdown recovers $75K worth of lost equipment

USPS News Link

Antitrust group urges FTC to look closely at proposed Staples/Office Depot merger

American Antitrust Institute

Editorial: Postal Service should deliver different reply to Tieton group

"the agency has magnified its image as an unresponsive, obtuse, out-of-touch bureaucracy"
Yakima Herald

Letter carrier puts out grease fire

Moulton AL Advertiser

Video: Postal worker finds 2 people dead at home in Arizona

KPHO TV Phoenix

Bernie Sanders rallies with federal workers for ‘$15 and a union’

Washington Post

Bill would require USPS to track rural mail delivery performance

Postcom

Alabama post office without air conditioning for five weeks

Columbus Ledger Enquirer

Alaska man charged with burglarizing post office

postalcrime.com

Truckload of Iowa mail destroyed, damaged in I-35 fire

KCCI TV Des Moines

Philadelphia Letter Carrier Charged With Obstruction Of Mail

postalcrime.com

Iowa postal worker, wife arrested for fake doctors notes

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Disgraced postal inspector admits he stole mail, dealt drugs

San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown Flint post office will close, USPS confirms

Flint Journal

Video: Mom stages “nurse-in” after incident at Janesville WI Post Office

postalnews.com

Video: NH Mailman Allegedly Broke Into House, Tried On Woman’s Boots

WBZ TV Boston

USPS rejects plan for "coolest post office in America"

Yakima Herald

Video: Growing concern Fresno mail delivery may no longer be safe

KFSN TV Fresno

Video: Missouri town wants to get rid of mailboxes

postalnews.com

Video: Texas letter carriers sweat it out on the job

KRIS TV Corpus Christi

Pennsylvania letter carrier pleads guilty to stealing cash from envelopes

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Gyrocopter pilot seeks to raise funds, add 1st Amendment defense lawyer

Washington Post

Feds Dodge GOP's Proposed Cut to Their Retirement Benefits

Government Executive

USPS botched plan to make money off the most famous stamp error in history, watchdog says

Washington Post

Idaho letter carrier helps lost child

good.postalnews.com

USPS denies it wants to privatize

USPS News

Local postal worker pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $15,000

Dayton Daily News

Proposed law would prohibit USPS from shipping tobacco products

postalnews.com

Video: Boston letter carrier’s car towed while he was on duty

WFXT TV Boston

Bill could lift ban on mailing booze

The Drinks Business

High-tech carrier tracking system

postalnews.com

The Post Office In The Cloud

Fast Company

U.S. Post Office Becomes First-Class Home

This Old House

Video: Alabama rural carrier rescues injured man trapped for 10 days

postalnews.com

Video: USPS driver hits mailbox and then drives away

postalnews.com

Postal Service is leaving rural Iowa behind

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Video: 2-year-old killed, 2 others hurt after struck by mail truck in Elizabeth, New Jersey

WPIX TV New York

$1 billion to restore USPS service standards? Did the CBO get it wrong?

Save the Post Office

Postal Service IG criticizes creation, distribution of upright Jenny panes

Linns Stamp News

Canada Post maintains end of door-to-door delivery will not result in layoffs

Kamloops This Week

Kansas City clerk helps save co-worker’s life

USPS News Link

Customers come to the aid of letter carrier who collapsed from heat exhaustion in Louisiana

KTVE TV Monroe LA

Hillary Clinton Faces Unrest Among Organized Labor

TIME

Video: “They say I case mail too slow…”

facebook.postalnews.com

Video: A Yosemite Post Office Helps California Hikers

Reuters

Top postalnews.com stories of the week July 12-18

postalnews.com

Portland OR police: Postal Service vehicle hit by gunfire, no injuries

Ledger Gazette

Customers at Alaska post office risk being attacked by eagles

Bristol Bay Times

Illinois postal carriers collect thousands of school supplies

Quad Cities Times

Video: Questions surround veteran mailman’s suspicious death

WXYZ TV Detroit

Video: mr mailman- A Day in the Life of a Postman

postu.be

Former Ohio postmaster charged with stealing more than $55,000

postalcrime.com

Video: In a wheelchair? You won’t be able to get into the Xenia OH post office

postalnews.com

Post office gives ‘lifeline’ to community 12 miles out to sea

Bangor Daily News

'Summer Harvest': The New Forever Stamp Series the USPS Hopes Will Get Hipsters Back to the Post Office

The Atlantic

Ex-Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty to Charges He Delivered Heroin in Hawaii

New York Times

Video: Mail discovered in Baltimore County storm drain

WBAL TV Baltimore

Police nab suspected mail thieves in California

Los Banos Enterprise

OIG finds problems with handheld scanner deployment

USPS OIG

Amazon Prime sale busts Black Friday record

Computerworld

In wake of theft, California post office cuts box section hours

Palm Springs Desert Sun

Bye bye BlackBerry

USPS News Link

Rats close New Hampshire post office

Valley News

Mailboxes vandalized, mail stolen in California town

Napa Valley Gazette

Janesville WI window clerk's refusal to serve nursing mother sparks protest

Janesville Gazette

County supervisors want to save Napa's historic post office

Napa Valley Register

GOP would take money from federal retirees to finance highways

FedSmith.com

Video: LLV rolls “several times” on Texas highway

KBTX TV Bryan TX

Video: Pecos TX Woman Claims Mailman Won’t Deliver Mail

KWES TV Midland TX

CBO says restoring service standards would cost USPS over $1 billion a year, and doubts it could actually be done

Congressional Budget Office

Video: CCA letter carrier sentenced for dumping mail in Norfolk

postalnews.com

USPS bid to end Saturday delivery fades away

Federal Times

Angry Amazon customers vent over ‘Prime Day’ sale fail

Fox8 Cleveland

New surface visibility devices coming soon to USPS plants

USPS News Link

Federal appeals court upholds ruling that FedEx drivers were employees, not contractors

Commercial Carrier Journal

New postmaster for world's oldest working post office in Sccotland

BBC News

US Postal Service Considers Creating Harmon Killebrew Stamp

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Amazon Prime Day... A Monster In The Making Or Out To Replace Black Friday?

Forbes

eBay Passes Buck on USPS Tracking Gap Claims

EcommerceBytes

Sanders courting postal worker endorsement

TheHill

‘Stakeholders’ Urge Congress To Give USPS Legislative Relief

APWU News

Canada Post's Community Mailboxes Are a Disgrace

Huffington Post

VIDEO: Why missing mail needs to be reported

WINK TV Fort Myers FL

Newark apartment complex discovers there is no delivery without proper mail boxes

Newark Star Ledger

Video: Postal worker, neighbor save the day after lightning sparks house fire

WTKR TV Norfolk

Union members protest at Staples in Georgia

LaGrange Daily News

Is the Postal Service Primed for Amazon Prime Day? (link corrected)

Dead Tree Edition

Video: Credit card policy at USPS: sign your card!

postalnews.com

Has the Internet Finally Killed the Greeting Card?

Smithsonian

NJ woman who helped run Nigerian money order scam gets prison time

NJ.com

Chaffetz Brings Bipartisanship Back to Oversight Panel

RealClearPolitics

Postal Service shortfalls impact rural areas

Concord Monitor

Napa post office repair bill tops $8 million

Napa Valley Register

Top postalnews.com stories of the week July 5-11

postalnews.com

Massachusetts town happy to offer USPS discounted rent to keep downtown PO

Lawrence Eagle Tribune

Postal delivery issues linger in Minnesota's Northland

Duluth News Tribune

‘Postal’ and ‘service’ don’t pair up like they used to

Port Huron MI Times Herald

Texas Man Admits Mailing More Than 400 Hoax White Powder Letters

postalnews.com

Change of venue granted to Branson postal worker accused of forgery

Branson Tri-Lakes News

Fourteen Plead Guilty in South Carolina Mail Theft Conspiracy

postalnews.com

Connecticut Letter Carrier to Receive Hero Award for Helping Woman Who Fell

NBC Connecticut

OPM Director Steps Down After Admitting 22 Million Hacked on Her Watch

Gizmodo

Protesters want Trump's name removed from Washington DC's Old Post Office

Washington Business Journal

Postal Service settles slip-and-fall case for $28K

Pennsylvania Record

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) calls for OPM head to step down

postalnews.com

GOP: Data breach much larger than OPM first admitted

postalnews.com

Indiana rural carrier helps free man pinned under motorcycle

good.postalnews.com

Help Save Our Public Postal Service

Crooks and Liars

Video: Woman snaps pic of postal worker appearing to steal toy donations

WTVR Richmond

APWU: What the PRC didn’t want you to know about the Staples deal

"Perhaps most jarring is the acknowledgement that the Staples’ deal was intended to serve as a model for transferring postal retail operations from the U.S. Postal Service to private retailers."
APWU News

NALC: Two national-level arbitration cases decided

NALC News

OPM to Pitch Free Credit and Identity Theft Monitoring for All Feds, Hacked or Not

Government Executive

Let Federal Employees Toke Up. It's Good for Everyone

WIRED

Trial of man accused of killing Texas postal worker delayed until Feb. 2016

Cleveland Advocate

Senate Dems seek to protect rural postal delivery

postalnews.com

Canada Post to increase rates in January

CanadaPostNews.com

The stamp that went to Pluto (and beyond)

stamps.postalnews.com

Video: Mural comes down at former Iowa City post office building

KCRG Cedar Rapids

Why the Disdain for American Blue-Collar Workers?

Huffington Post

13-year-old boy on bike hit by mail truck in Noblesville IN

WXIN TV Indianapolis

Video: Postal worker injured in mail truck rollover in Binghamton NY

WBNG TV Binghamton

Video: Elderly Father Gets 26-Year-Old Letter From His Deceased Son

ABC News

UPS tests electric cargo bike in Switzerland

Supply Chain Management

Mississippi rural carrier rescues child and dog

good.postalnews.com

PRC says USPS missed some 2014 goals, “partially met” others

Postal Regulatory Commission

Swiss Post starts postal drone tests

postalnews.com

Video From 1993: Release of the original Elvis stamp

CBS News

USPS unable to show savings from stamps printed on unsoakable paper

Linns Stamp News

LLV maker wins contract to build new USPS “walk-in body” delivery trucks

postalnews.com

Video: U.S. Postal Service Contract Talks with Union Continue

postalnews.com

National Labor Relations Board to rule on Staples, Postal Service deal

Boston Globe

New Scanners Leave Digital Breadcrumbs for Tracking Carriers

PostalMag

Convicted rapist dressed as postal worker in home invasion bid, cops allege

Staten Island Advance

Video: Another LLV catches fire in Wisconsin

postalnews.com

Video: LLV catches fire after collision with car in Houston

postalnews.com

Video: Update on future of mail sorting center in Roanoke

WDBJ TV Roanoke

Summer Harvest "forever" stamps to be issued Saturday

stamps.postalnews.com

Video: Mailman in Holland takes out his frustration on Tour de France barriers

postalnews.com

Delivery problems continue for Wisconsin newspaper

The Country Today

Powder scare sends worker at Dallas’ main post office to hospital

Dallas Morning News

Video: New technology- a “panic button”- will help keep USPS letter carriers safer

CBS News

OPM FAQ: Were postal workers affected by data breach?

postalnews.com

Deutsche Post reaches pay deal to end strike

Reuters

Video: ​The ageless allure of stamp collecting

CBS Sunday Morning

Senator seeks review of USPS ability to meet delivery standards

postalnews.com

Top postalnews.com stories of the week June 28-July 4

postalnews.com

Colorado postmaster locks customers out of their PO boxes

Steamboat Pilot

Mail theft by the numbers

Rapid City Journal

USPS inaction doesn't stop woman from tracking down postal worker who stole her mail

Rapid City Journal

Video: Mail Carrier Hospitalized After Rollover Accident In Tennessee

Smoky Barn News

Capitol gyrocopter pilot fired by Postal Service

WUSA TV Washington

USPS proposes demolition of historic Napa post office

Napa Valley Register

In summer, water is ‘lifesaver’ for Vegas area mail carriers

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Mailboat makes first delivery of summer to Skaneateles Lake homes

Skaneateles Journal

After two years, Downtown Stamford finally gets a post office

Stamford Advocate

Amazon, FedEx, USPS seek end to treaty provision that subsidizes Chinese export shipments

Fortune

Video: Traveling bible for cancer patient lost in Austin post office

KAGS TV College Station TX

Video: McAllen TX residents frustrated by inaction on mail thefts

KRGV TV Rio Grande Valley, TX

ZIP Codes Tamed The Postal Service Boom 52 Years Ago

WGBH News

Colorado: mail truck driver cited after cyclist crash

The Colorodoan

NYC letter carrier charged with stealing over $1 million in tax refunds

postalcrime.com

Postal Service Previews Elvis Presley Forever Stamp

stamps.postalnews.com

Arizona governor makes plea for Tucson's main post office

Tucson News Now

Kickstarter campaign to create " coolest post office in America" in Tieton WA

Yakima Herald

USPS truck overturns in Alabama

WVTM TV Birmingham

Video: Your Mailbox- An open invitation for thieves?

postalnews.com

Video: Postal worker robbed at gunpoint in Memphis

WMC TV Memphis

Berkeley seeks to open communication with USPS on downtown post office

Woodland Daily Democrat

Mail truck burns in Wisconsin, some mail destroyed

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

PMG addresses postmaster’s convention

postalnews.com

Four Sentenced To Over 10 Years For Stealing Checks From Mailboxes, Bank Fraud

KFSM Fort Smith AR

APWU: NLRB Strikes Major Blow to USPS-Staples Deal

APWU News

Maine letter carrier delivers a rescue on her route

Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal

Video: Author finds his missing books for sale on Amazon via the USPS

KMGH TV Denver

High Court Won’t Hear Guardsman’s USPS Back Pay Fee Claim

Law 360