October 20, 2015 On Tuesday, local government officials took a tour of the United States Post Office processing center that closed down in April. The mayors of Pocatello and Chubbuck along with representatives from Senator Crapo’s office, postal officials from Pocatello and Salt Lake City and the executive director of Old Town Pocatello toured the…
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player May 4, 2015 It’s been more than two weeks since the U.S. Postal Service stopped processing mail in Pocatello and began rerouting it to Salt Lake City. Local News 8 investigates whether mail is taking longer to arrive. Luke Jones reports. Source: Investigating mail delivery delays | Video – Home
April 3, 2015 Pocatello, ID, Letter Carrier Brett Hochhalter regularly passes homes in need of repair on his route. At least once a year, he does something about it. Hochhalter, who owns a contracting business on the side, donates at least one free roof a year to homeowners who need them. The company’s employees do…
(March 17, 2015) The announcement came over three years ago. The United States Post Office made a final decision to close the processing plant in Pocatello. Since then, postal employees and local officials have been appealing to the post office to take the closure off the table. Monday night, one last push was made to…
(January 8, 2015) POCATELLO, Idaho — Right now Pocatello leaders and community members are working on a plan to save Pocatello’s mail processing plant. KPVI News 6 spoke to members of the group trying to save the plant Wednesday as they were working out their ideas. Wednesday’s meeting focused on rallying support in Washington D.C….
Leave it to Congress to botch the operation of a government entity that seeks no federal funds or taxpayer dollars. And leave it to members of Congress to ignore a solution that is right in front of them. “Nutty” is the new normal in our nation’s capital and Exhibit A is how Congress — with…
