RURAL CARRIER NEWS

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...

During remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) provided updates on his investigation into the USPS hiring registered sex offenders to deliver mail.

The U.S. Postal Service policy banning people from bringing firearms into post offices violates the Constitution, a federal judge in Texas ruled Tuesday. Judge Reed O’Connor, a Trump appointee, said both the Post Office’s own regulation and a federal law barring firearms possession in a “federal facility” cannot survive scrutiny...

A Richmond postal carrier was critically injured last week when her United States Postal Service truck crashed on County Line Road. According to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office, the single-vehicle crash took place on the afternoon of Sept. 16 in Casco Township. It caused County Line Road between 28...

When Hannah Kulishova joined the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in 2021, she thought she had found the perfect fit: steady work, miles of walking, and a chance to serve her community. But last August, that sense of normalcy was shattered when she realized her employer had placed her, and countless...

EVERETT, Wash. - Police arrested a delivery driver accused of shooting a U.S. postal worker in Everett on Friday. Officers were called to reports of a shooting around 12:50 p.m. at the West Mall Place Apartments, located on W Mall Dr just north of Hwy 99. They found the victim, a USPS postal worker, suffering...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service will observe Columbus Day on Monday, Oct. 13. Post Office locations will be closed in recognition of the federal holiday. Only Priority Mail Express items will be delivered on the holiday, and regular mail delivery and retail services will resume on Tuesday, Oct....

A USPS employee in Blaine, WA, has received the top hero of the year award from the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association for saving a customer from a vicious dog attack. On the day of the attack, Rural Carrier David Hamilton was heading back to the local Post Office after...

No one was more surprised than Jolena Kees to learn she has one of the nation’s longest delivery routes. Kees, a Grayson, KY, rural carrier, drives 135 miles each workday to serve 479 delivery points. The Postal Service recently named Kees’ route one of the nation’s longest, a list released last month to help...

Millions rely on the Postal Service for daily needs. Recent polls confirm that 91 percent of Americans living in rural communities strongly agree that the Postal Service is an “essential service,” and 94 percent say that mail and package delivery services are vital.  These results are not surprising. In many parts of...