An open letter to United States Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe

Dear Postmaster General Donahoe: I do hope this letter arrives at your office in reasonable time. Sarcasm aside, there was a time when I put a First Class stamp on a letter and mailed it, I had confidence, depending on its destination, it would get there overnight or within two or three days. There was…

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South Dakota Newspaper Association opposes USPS consolidation plans

(July 2, 2014) South Dakota Newspaper Association Board of Directors today issued a statement objecting to the U.S. Postal Service’s plan that it will consolidate more than 80 mail processing facilities across the country, including the Dakota Central Processing and Distribution Facility at Huron. “This latest announcement by the Postal Service hits rural America hard,”…

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