RURAL CARRIER NEWS

Postmaster General David Steiner discusses the Postal Service’s financial and performance expectations and his hopes for the organization’s future in his latest video message to employees. He also shares thoughts and observations after his first 100 days in office and previews this year’s holiday delivery season. The video, released Nov. 6,...

Veterans Day, a national holiday that honors people who have served in the armed forces, is Tuesday, Nov. 11. The holiday originated as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, marking the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance,...

A postal carrier was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Pickens County. Alabama State Troopers identified the victim as April F. Box. She was 57 and lived in Aliceville. The wreck happened at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday on Alabama 17, about one mile north of Aliceville. Trooper Sgt. Reginal King said box was...

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

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...

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...

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...