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NRLCA releases 2024-2027 National Agreement

USPS Handbook EL-902, the 2024-2027 National Agreement between the NRLCA and USPS, is now available.

Garrett mail carrier navigates state’s longest route

ACCIDENT — Not many people could handle a nearly 100-mile trip through Garrett County’s country roads almost daily. But for Sue Artice, that’s the norm. The 95 miles and 416 mailboxes Artice navigates — though rain, sleet, snow and gloom of night — is the longest U.S. Postal Service route...

USPS to honor employees who are veterans

To mark Veterans Day this year, the Postal Service will honor employees who served in the military with a lapel pin and certificate of appreciation. The items will be mailed to the home address of every employee who is known to be a veteran. To ensure they receive their pin and...

Fly flags at half-staff to honor Cheney

Postal Service facilities should fly U.S. flags at half-staff to honor Dick Cheney, the former vice president who died Nov. 3. Flags should be flown at half-staff until the day of interment, which hasn’t been announced. To fly the flag at half-staff, hoist the flag to the peak for an instant...

Watch the Postal Service’s holiday TV ad

A new holiday TV commercial from the Postal Service offers a nod to the organization’s 250th anniversary this year. The 30-second ad, titled “Delivering Since 1775,” juxtaposes images of contemporary mail carriers with black-and-white archival footage of their counterparts from previous eras. “Two hundred fifty years ago, a promise was made...

The Evolution Of The US Mail Truck (And Why Some Mail Carriers Use Their Personal Vehicles)

The U.S. Postal Service’s delivery of envelopes and parcels had humble beginnings. But much as the automobile transformed everyday Americans’ means of travel, it also greatly enhanced the Post Office’s ability to efficiently deliver mail. Just before the turn of the 20th century, an experimental horseless mail wagon made by the...

UPS, Postal Service to reunite for delivery of low-budget shipments

UPS has reached a tentative agreement with the U.S. Postal Service to provide last-mile parcel delivery for its low-cost Ground Saver shipping service, company officials disclosed on Tuesday, patching up a relationship that ruptured in late 2024 over rate hikes. The move is part of a multi-pronged effort at UPS...

NEW: 2026 Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) Premiums and Coverage Details

Did you know the Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) is the only plan dedicated to rural letter carriers, annuitants, and their families? Membership is restricted to members of the NRLCA. The RCBP has been providing superior service to rural letter carriers nationwide for more than 60 years. With RCBP, you could save on your...

Garrett mail carrier navigates state’s longest route

ACCIDENT — Not many people could handle a nearly 100-mile trip through Garrett County’s country roads almost daily. But for Sue Artice, that’s the norm. The 95 miles and 416 mailboxes Artice navigates — though rain, sleet, snow and gloom of night — is the longest U.S. Postal Service route...

OPM Announces Faster, Paperless Options for Federal Retirees

Washington, DC — The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today announced two new online tools designed to make retirement services faster, and easier for federal retirees. These improvements are part of OPM’s broader effort to modernize its Retirement Services operations and enhance the customer experience through expanded self-service options....

NRLCA releases 2024-2027 National Agreement

USPS Handbook EL-902, the 2024-2027 National Agreement between the NRLCA and USPS, is now available.

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Daylight saving time will end Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025

Daylight saving time will end Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 a.m. In areas where the change is observed, people will “fall back” and set their clocks back one hour at bedtime Nov. 2. Standard time will be in effect until March 8, 2026, when daylight saving time will resume.

2025 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 6, 2025

The 2025 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 6, 2025 (Week 2, Pay Period (PP) 26–2025), and ends Friday, December 26, 2025 (Week 2, Pay Period 01-2026). During this period, certain timekeeping and pay rules apply. Timekeepers, including postmasters, supervisors, and other employees responsible for rural carrier...

Amazon links up with USPS for doorstep returns

Amazon recently began offering doorstep pickup from the U.S. Postal Service for select customer returns, a spokesperson for the e-commerce giant said in an emailed statement to Supply Chain Dive. The capability, which launched in the summer, is currently available to some customers for eligible items. “We’re always...

PMG Steiner: USPS has a promising future

USPS has the people, skills and vision to compete and thrive far into the future, Postmaster General David Steiner tells The Eagle magazine in its fall issue. The cover story — a conversation between Steiner and The Eagle Managing Editor Yvonne Yoerger — explores the postmaster general’s background and his...
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