Goodbye to long lines? Badlands PO opening Tuesday, expected to cut wait times

Williston may see the end of long lines at the post office come Tuesday, or at least that’s the plan. The U.S. Postal Service announced the second Williston post office will hold a grand opening Tuesday at the 5,880-square-foot facility, branded the Badlands Station Post Office. Jon Cameron, local aide for Sen. John Hoeven, will…

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Post Office Reform Is Real – And It’s From Darrell Issa

Darrell Issa has been waging an under-the-radar campaign to save the Postal Service for years now. The most recent iteration of his plan, the Postal Reform Act, would save $17 billion over the next ten years for the USPS. The major changes would be giving the USPS the ability to eliminate Saturday delivery and encouraging…

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Free-standing postal boxes are easy prey for ID thieves

Let me share a piece of advice designed to protect you from losing money — or worse, having your identity stolen. I waited until I received the results of my latest Freedom of Information Act request from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to make sure it remains a problem. My advice: Stop dropping your outgoing…

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APWU: Seniors Show Support for APWU

(This article appears in the July/August 2014 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Judy Beard, Retirees Director Seniors showed support for the APWU’s critical issues by signing Stop Staples postcards addressed to the company’s CEO, Ron Sargent, at the convention of the 4.2 million-member Alliance for Retired Americans April 28-May 1. The delegates understood what action…

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USPS losing tens of millions annually subsidizing shipments to Alaska

The U.S. Postal Service has lost about $2.5 billion since the early 1980s delivering goods to Alaska’s remote villages. The program, called the Alaska Bypass, was created in part to help curb the otherwise high cost of shipping groceries to Alaska Natives. Critics say the savings are not passed on to customers and are pressing…

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