Emergency Suspensions

Valley Star: The U.S. Post Office is temporarily closing the Santa Maria, Texas, post office because of problems with the building. According to a news release from the USPS, the emergency closure impacts the entire building located at 11175 Military Highway. It will remain closed to business until officials can assess the conditions and pass a safety inspection. In the … Read More

The U.S. Postal Service has made the decision to emergency suspend the Hillsboro, IA Post Office immediately due to safety concerns.  The Hillsboro office is a leased facility and the landlord reportedly has decided against completing necessary repairs. The press release provided by the Northland-Hawkeye Districts of the USPS didn’t say what the necessary repairs were.  Retail services have been … Read More

Reporter Herald: As a longtime resident of Storm Mountain, Frank Huffman had grown used to the routine of driving about five miles from his home to pick up his mail from the Drake Post Office. But that routine changed when the Drake Post Office was closed last spring, and Huffman and other area residents were informed they would instead need to … Read More

Racoon Valley Radio: Postal services have been temporarily suspended in Scranton, Iowa. According to a press release from the United States Postal Service, due to safety concerns, the decision was made to “emergency suspend” all postal services at the Scranton Post Office. The press release states that “in a cautious effort to protect the safety of our customers and employees, … Read More

KSNW: “It’s a meeting place,” Roxeanne Sexton said. “You see your neighbors that you haven’t seen in awhile. You sit there, talk and see how they’ve been doing.”  Roxeanne Sexton has lived in Albert, Kansas, for eight years, and is just around the corner from the post office, a place she visits everyday. “Well I’m disabled,” she said. “So, it’s … Read More

Tampa Bay Times: One day last week, as she does every three or four days, Diana Hohimer left her double-wide trailer home at the back of Aripeka’s RV park to make the walk, a little less than a mile, to the post office. She passed the home of a woman, now in her 30s, who went to elementary school with … Read More

Cleveland 19: On Saturday, the North Canton, Ohio, Post Office branch will shut its doors, for what could be the last time. The USPS’s lease with the owner of the current location on North Main Street is over, and since the owner wants to sell, the postal service is out. “That makes me sick,” said Lisa Firestone, who frequents the … Read More

Orange County Review: After a hiatus of three and a half months, the Post Office in Rapidan, Virginia, is expected to reopen at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 28, pending final approval from the U.S. Postal Service. The post office on Locust Dale Road abruptly closed in mid-April after an inspection initiated by the USPS turned up mold and structural problems. … Read More

WISTV10: The city of Bishopville remains without a formal post office 18 months after a suspected arson damaged the existing building. In January 2017, fire officials were called to an overnight fire at the post office. Most of the damage to the building was the result of smoke and water. However, a year and a half later, residents are curious as … Read More

Kingston Daily Freeman: The U.S. Postal Service has decided not to reoccupy the post office building at 158 W. Main St. in Port Ewen, NY, due to mold contamination, according to town Supervisor Shannon Harris. Harris said Tuesday that a temporary post office could be established in a trailer on a vacant lot at West Stout Avenue and Bowne Street … Read More