Postal Service™ Celebrates Energy Conservation During Energy Action Month 2016 October is Energy Action Month. This month long celebration is declared by Presidential Proclamation each October. It is a time to celebrate energy saving successes and renew our commitment to energy …
Neither snow nor tornado…nothing keeps the Kokomo, Indiana postal employees from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Not even 165-mph winds from an EF3 tornado in August 2016 could deter these postal employees from ensuring every piece of …
Marathon Love Couple Hits 25K Mile Mark Crossing the finish line took only seconds. Reaching this point took 25 years. After competing in more than 270 races, Lansing, IL, Letter Carrier Jamie Parks and his wife Lynn have crossed the …
Keelin O’Neill of Ireland, who inherited the coveted stamp from his grandfather, addresses the crowd at a press conference with law enforcement and stamp officials at the Javits Center in New York City. For someone like me …
Authored by: Junemarie Brandt, Research Analyst Postal History, 29 years in service In 2014, I visited the Supai, Arizona, Post Office™ facility—the last Post Office™ in the U.S. receiving mail by mule. To most Americans, communication in 2016 is fast, …
What better time than today, Earth Day, to remind sustainability stakeholders worldwide that USPS has long adopted goals to reduce energy, water consumption, and greenhouse-gas emissions. Throughout the Postal Service, these are goals we are proud of and fully …
The Postal Service was at the National Postal Forum (NPF) this week—the annual mailing industry tradeshow—partaking in inspired addresses, instructional workshops, and networking events designed to enable greater success for businesses and customers. While there, USPS presented its strategic …
Delivery, In the Community, News & Events, Uncategorized
Rare winter flooding socked the St. Louis area closing Post Offices in Missouri and Illinois. The flooding was the result of heavy rainfall in November and December that climaxed with more than 10 inches of rain over a three-day period …
Delivery, Heroes, In the Community
It was an everyday action that could have ended in tragedy if it wasn’t for the intervention of Fairland, IN Rural Carrier Michael Short. Brian Booth heard a noise coming from the exhaust of his Dodge Caravan, so he got …
In his recent Office of Inspector General blog article, “Rethinking Mailbox Access,” UPS executive Keith Kellison proposes giving other delivery companies access to your mailbox. If delivery companies want to discuss stuffing your mailbox with their packages, then that discussion …