COVID-19 amps up pressure on postal service
It doesn’t have a catchy name and you won’t see it in any advertising campaign, but Monday was an important day in the Christmas season.
It was the last day the United States Postal Service could guarantee delivery by Christmas Day, a fact not lost on Dante’ Davis of Columbus.
Post office sees busiest week of the year
Lucy Wilson stood in a line that easily stretched to double digits at the post office on Bluecutt Road Monday, chatting happily with the people around her at the beginning of the post office’s busiest week of the year.
Suspicious bag found outside Post Office contained clothes
Authorities found only clothes in a bag left outside the Post Office On Main Street Columbus.
USPS to offer Elvis Presley greatest hits CD with stamp
The U.S. Postal Service is offering an Elvis Presley greatest hits CD to go along with a new commemorative stamp.
Postal Service proposes small postage increase
The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday proposed slight increases for mailing postcards and international letters — but wants to leave first-class “Forever” stamps at their present 49 cents.
Post offices across the country in full gear
Think your Monday was hectic? Maybe so, but probably not as hectic as your local post office’s.
First-class stamps to cost 49 cents as of Jan. 26
Mailing a letter is about to get a little more expensive.
Regulators on Tuesday approved a temporary price hike of 3 cents for a first-class stamp, bringing the charge to 49 cents a letter in an effort to help the Postal Service recover from severe mail decreases brought on by the 2008 economic downturn.
Post office extends weekend hours on Bluecutt Road
The Columbus post office on Bluecutt Road will have its retail windows open for two extra hours on Saturday for the holidays.
USPS seeking increase in cost of stamps, to 49 cents
WASHINGTON — It soon could cost 49 cents to mail a letter. The postal Board of Governors said Wednesday it wants to raise the price
Two booked after pot package found at post office
JACKSON — Authorities in Jackson say two men are facing charges after officers intercepted a package packed with marijuana at the downtown Jackson post office.
Postal Service revamps priority mail program
WASHINGTON — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is revamping its priority mail program to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery
USPS has $740 million third-quarter loss
WASHINGTON — The Postal Service has trimmed its losses to $740 million over the last three months by consolidating processing facilities, cutting hours for workers
Two Columbus post offices go to shorter ‘summer hours’
Two of the three post offices in Columbus have reduced their hours.
The shorter retail window hours of operation at the U.S. Postal Service’s locations on Alabama Street and Main Street began Monday. The windows are open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
No more mail at your door? Delivery changes eyed
Door-to-door mail delivery is about as American as apple pie. With the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, that tradition could be virtually phased out by 2022 under a proposal in Congress.
Post Office crash
Columbus Police Department was dispatched to the U.S. Post Office on Bluecutt Road Monday at 3:21 p.m. after the driver of a Honda ran into
Justice says Armstrong was ‘unjustly enriched’
AUSTIN, Texas — The federal government is going after Lance Armstrong’s money. As much as it can get. The Justice Department unveiled its formal complaint
Post office retreats on eliminating Saturday mail delivery
The financially beleaguered Postal Service backpedaled on its plan to end Saturday mail delivery, conceding Wednesday that its gamble to compel congressional approval had failed.
3 arrested in post office drug bust
Three Columbus residents were arrested in front of the United States Post Office Thursday afternoon and charged with possession of marijuana.
Johnny Mathews: Blessed are the meek …
The day dawned dark and cold, with ice-slicked streets and clouds heavy with impending snow.
Knowing the weather was supposed to be bad, Johnny Mathews, 64, rose earlier than usual Thursday morning. He didn’t want to be late for work.
Fight breast cancer, buy stamps
Columbus post offices kicked off breast cancer awareness month Monday with pink, pink, everywhere, from pink-frosted doughnuts for customers to pink balloons competing for space with envelopes and parcels in the Bluecutt Road facility’s lobby.