Tag: Postal

Residents Urge Postal Service to Spare Douglas Post Office

Juneau residents turned out in force Wednesday night to urge U.S. Postal Service officials not to close the Douglas Post Office.

Postal Service Might Lose $10 Billion This Fiscal Year

Tuesday, the U.S. Postal Service warned Congress it could lose $10 billion in the fiscal year that ends this month. That puts the Postal Service in danger of defaulting as it reaches its borrowing limit.

25 Alaska Post Offices Taken Off Possible Closure List

25 Alaska post offices have been pulled off a nationwide list of nearly 3,700 facing possible closure or consolidation.

Lake Minchumina Resident ‘Walking on Air’ After Postal Service Announcement

The closure study list included post offices in the interior communities of Anvik, Beaver, Hughes, Kaltag, Koyukuk, Stevens Village, Shaegeluk and Lake Minchumina.

Alaska Post Office Closure List Shrinks to 11

The list of post offices in Alaska being considered for closure has shrunk down to 11. The announcement came from Senator Mark Begich 0n Monday, who said all the bush post offices off the road system - some 25 of them - have been taken off the list.