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• Spokane mail processing consolidation made official

  February 23, 2012 in City, Region Mail processing operations in Pasco, Yakima and Wenatchee will move to Spokane’s processing center on the West Plains, the U.S. Postal Service said today. 12

• Postal Service to delay cutbacks until mid-May

  December 13, 2011 The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday agreed to delay the closing of 252 mail processing centers and 3,700 local post offices until mid-May. 5

• Mail delivery on Altamont gets blocked by parked cars

  October 6, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S4 Pam Danner is tired of not getting her mail. She has lived on North Altamont Street, just west of Arlington Elementary School, since the mid-’90s and for about as long … 1

• USPS: Montana mail could be sorted in Spokane

  September 15, 2011 in Region The Postal Service says it plans to study the possible closure of 252 mail processing facilities nationwide, including four in Montana, as it continues to try to cut costs.

• Postcard-only policy at jail ends

  August 5, 2011 in City A postcards-only policy for mail to Spokane County jail inmates has been lifted. Envelopes are OK again. Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said the change took effect this week when a federal … 4

• Gregoire’s office says state workers can open mail

  January 7, 2011 in Region Gov. Chris Gregoire’s office has cleared workers in state offices to open mail, one day after ordering them to stop after fiery packages were sent to Maryland state offices. 1

• Post office announces 2-cent rate increase

  July 6, 2010 in Nation/World The post office wants to increase the price of a stamp by 2 cents to 46 cents starting in January. The agency has been battered by massive losses and declining … 25

• Post office is a miracle at your door

  May 15, 2010 in City on Page B1 The mail (aka the post office, aka the U.S. Postal Service, aka U.S.P.S.) hasn’t been getting a lot of love lately. People refer to it, rudely, as snail mail. 2

• Postal Service’s emerging model: Never on Saturday

  March 2, 2010 in Nation/World The post office is renewing its drive to drop Saturday delivery — and plans a rate increase — in an effort to fend off a projected $7 billion loss this … 8

• No increase planned for first-class postage

  October 19, 2009 in Nation/World The price of first-class stamps will not go up next year. The Postal Service has been implementing rate increases annually in recent years, with increases announced in January to take …

• First-class stamps rise 2 cents

  May 11, 2009 in Business, Nation/World The post office wants two more pennies for your thoughts. The price of a first-class stamp for mailing a letter — or paying a bill — climbed to 44 cents … 1

• Stock up now — stamp price to rise in May

  April 10, 2009 in Nation/World The price of a first-class stamp is set to jump again next month, meaning you might want to stock up on Forever stamps now. 1

• Postal chief: Post office running out of money

  March 25, 2009 in Nation/World The post office will run out of money this year unless it gets help, Postmaster General John Potter told Congress on Wednesday as he sought permission to cut delivery to … 3

• Postal worker saves elderly woman in Coeur d’Alene

  January 29, 2009 in Idaho It was a gut thing. When Isaac Fish stamped through the snow to the home of a senior citizen on Tuesday, everything seemed normal. But when the postal carrier flipped …

• Postmaster General: Mail days may need to be cut

  January 28, 2009 in Nation/World Massive deficits could force the post office to cut out one day of mail delivery, the postmaster general told Congress on Wednesday, in asking lawmakers to lift the requirement that …

• Hearing will allow comment on zoning

  August 8, 2007 in City on Page B1 Spokane Valley residents can comment on the city’s new zoning map at a public hearing Thursday night. The city is rewriting the rules on how land can be used and …