USPS taking back air cargo functions in AZ, AK

Posted on September 6, 2022 by 21cpw

September 6, 2022 The Postal Service is resuming terminal handling services, a function that has been outsourced for decades, at two sites this year. This move will create 53 new craft positions and additional supervisory positions. Terminal handling services prepares inbound and outbound mail being shipped by air through the FedEx network for processing by…

Rural Alaska Community Suffering from US Post Office Closure

Posted on September 1, 2014September 1, 2014 by 21cpw

(August 31, 2014) ANCHORAGE – Residents of the rural northern community of Wainwright say they are struggling after the closure of the local U.S. Post Office more than two weeks ago. Robert Grimes, principal of Alak School in Wainwright, said the closure has caused several families in the school and the community to be cut…