Mar 25, 2015 – Press Release Huffman: âI am concerned that recent Postal Service decisions regarding delivery service standards will exacerbate the impacts to my rural constituents.â WASHINGTON, D.C.âCongressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today sent a letter to the new Postmaster General reiterating his strong opposition to the United States Postal Serviceâs (USPS) plan to…
(September 8, 2014) The United States Postal Service has been losing money every year since 2007; in total, nearly $45 billion. One attempt to remedy the situation has been the consolidation of mail processing centers nationwide. Three slated for relocation are in our area: Redding, Eugene, and Eureka. Residents in Eureka are responding to the…
The grand opening of the nation’s 700th Village Post Office, which gives Humboldt County residents more access to common postal products and services, is Monday. A Village Post Office is now in Scrapper’s Edge in Eureka at 728 Fourth St. and owner Sondra Kirtley said it gives residents who are pressed for time another location…
Fred Nelson was kind enough to share his KINS News Talk Radio July 25 “Community Comment” with me and I feel the need to add my perspective to the Post Office’s latest round of “consolidations.” I was fortunate enough to succeed Fred Nelson as the postmaster of Eureka and was proud to serve in that…
Officials worried about impact on jobs, delivery, election ballots With the decision to move mail sorting operations from Eureka to Oregon, community members and officials have voiced concerns over how it will impact residents, businesses, post office employees and mail delivery. U.S. Postal Service spokesman James Wigdel said the overall impact of the move to…
(July 2, 2014) As the U.S. Postal Service moves forward with its plan to consolidate mail processing facilities nationwide, local representatives spoke out against a plan today that would result in mail from the Eureka area being sorted in Medford, Ore., starting sometime next year. “In 2011, we opposed this same consolidation proposal because we…
