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Much to the disappointment and anger of the family and friends of Sherry Ingold, her killer, Roland Mitchell Dampeer, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity following a 40-minute non-jury criminal trial in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi. The trial was held in an Oxford, MS, federal courtroom on the … Read more
The document below outlines the recent MDD update (version 7.53) which allows carriers to enter Zero parcels picked up at a Carrier Pickup Request location and also to enter a CARRIERPU when none of the parcels collected has a barcode.
This morning, NRLCA President Ronnie Stutts signed an MOU with the USPS establishing the final timeline for implementation of the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System. The MOU establishes that data collection for the new RRECS Activity Scans, introduced on February 26, 2022, will be delayed until April 23, 2022.
The following Slide Presentation provides a brief overview of the history and development of the RRECS System and its importance to the future of rural carriers and the evaluated system. Further updates and explanatory presentations will be coming soon. Other RRECS resources: NRLCA RRECS MDD Activity Scan Entry Training NRLCA RRECS MDD Activity Scan Entry … Read more
Past NRLCA National President Gus Baffa passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 6, 2022. A proud native of Brooklyn, NY, Gus Baffa served in the U.S. Navy in the late 1950s and early ‘60s prior to his postal career. After his military service, he became an 18-wheeler trucker hauling specialty items, including explosives. Even in … Read more
The carrier, Melanie Shultz (age 46, married with 2 kids) was delivering from her Catawba, NC post office when she was hit by another vehicle. The other person’s vehicle was traveling at approximately 77 mph when it hit her. The other driver is believed to have been suffering from a medical condition…either in a diabetic … Read more
The U.S. Postal Service has almost 80,000 rural delivery routes serviced by some 133,000 rural letter carriers. For some of those routes, USPS provides the vehicle; for others, the carrier uses a private vehicle and receives a maintenance allowance from the Postal Service for wear and tear. In fiscal year (FY) 2020, the Postal Service … Read more