Postal Service Ready To Deliver for 2025 Holiday Season
Prepared for the holidays through significant investments in modernized facilities and processing equipment
Service standards updates allows for 2–3-day turnaround within the same regional service areas
Less than three days, on average, to deliver mail and packages
USPS remains the most affordable way to ship mail and packages
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USPS will offer a virtual fair throughout open season
Postal Service employees may participate in a virtual benefits fair throughout this year’s open season, which runs from Monday, Nov. 10, through Monday, Dec. 8.
The fair will offer information about the Postal Service Health Benefits Program, Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program, flexible spending accounts and other topics.
During...
Device found at USPS facility was ‘real explosive,’ police say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A United States Postal Service facility in South Fulton avoided a scare on Thursday.
The facility was evacuated at 125 Villanova Drive in South Fulton when workers saw a “suspicious device” and called authorities.
The Atlanta Police Department’s bomb squad safely removed the package shortly...
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USPS Clarifies Cluster Mailbox Guidance
For more than 10 years, confusion over U.S. Postal Service (USPS) requirements for cluster mailbox units (CBUs) in new housing development has challenged builders nationwide. This issue recently resurfaced in Greensboro, N.C., as developers in the area faced a lack of communication and arbitrary rules from local USPS representatives.
In...
A new film shows how postal inspectors brought a rural carrier’s killer to justice
The Postal Inspection Service has released a documentary about the agency’s investigation into the tragic death of a USPS employee in 2019.
The 28-minute film, “Ambush in Andrews,” tells the story of Irene Pressley, an Andrews, SC, rural carrier who was shot and killed while delivering mail.
The Inspection Service’s investigation...
Remembering Houston postal worker killed while he was delivering mail
HOUSTON — A Northwest Harris County neighborhood is honoring a beloved postal worker who was tragically killed in a crash on Saturday while delivering mail.
The crash happened along Antoine Drive when police say a driver believed to be under the influence plowed into the back of his mail carrier.
Residents who live...