With election day Tuesday, widespread reports of postal delays around northwest Washington have prompted state representatives Suzan DelBene and Rick Larsen to call for the USPS to address the mail failures. Pictures recently posted to social media show hundreds of packages stacked up and uncovered behind the Ferndale post office. Read the...
The United States Postal Service is creating a division to handle election mail issues as part of an effort to ensure swift and secure delivery of ballots for the 2022 midterm election, officials said Wednesday. The idea behind the creation of the Election and Government Mail Services is to have a...
Firefighters say a mail truck is a total loss after a mechanical issue caused it to burst into flame. A United States Postal Service truck caught on fire Thursday afternoon in Germantown, Maryland, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS). Read the full article here....
The U.S. Postal Service said it will substantially increase the number of electric-powered vehicles it’s buying to replace its fleet of aging delivery trucks, after the Biden administration and environmental groups said the agency’s initial plan had too few electric vehicles and fell short of the administration’s climate change goals. Read...
Major staffing shortages are causing delays in USPS mail deliveries in multiple states, including Montana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Massachusetts. Neither rain, nor snow, nor heat, nor gloom of night is the longtime unofficial post office motto — but there's no mention of massive staffing shortages. Read the full article here....