Tag: USPS
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Rural post office buildings often rent for more than similar commercial property
When it comes to the U.S. Postal Services’ cost for renting post office buildings in the Dakotas, price varies as much as population, and the reasons for those rental rates can vary just as much. “The government doesn’t understand these small towns … They’ve just got a rate they pay, and they don’t adjust it…
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A federal service, local customers and distant landlords: Ownership arrangements for post offices can be challenging
by Wendy Royston, Dakotafire Media staff writer with reports by Doug Card, Sarah Gackle and Bill Krikac Editor’s note: This is the first story in a two-part series. See the second story here. A small-town post office serves as a recognizable face of the local community. “It is an identity. Your ZIP code and your…
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POStplan changes approaching quickly for local communities
Concern is growing over the budget-slashing POStplan and the potential effects it could have on rural communities in North and South Dakota as thousands of post offices nationwide are targeted for reduced hours or closure.
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Map shows post offices that would have hours cut according to latest USPS plan
See which post offices in the Dakotafire region would have their hours reduced.
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USPS decides to keep rural post offices open, but with reduced hours
The U.S. Postal Service says it will keep open the rural post offices it proposed closing earlier this year as part of a money-saving effort, The Associated Press reports. No post offices would be closed under the new plan, but more than 13,000 rural mail facilities could be forced to reduce operation hours.
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Savings from closing post offices ‘not even a drop in the bucket’ for USPS budget
Rural communities facing the loss of their post offices may be more greatly affected by the change than more urban communities would be, according to a February Reuters report, and a former postmaster general says the closings won’t provide any significant cost savings.