Rural mail carriers a special breed
Having worked for the Postal Service many years gives me perspective on the duties of employees in many of the craft areas. In the eyes of the public, it may appear to be an easy cushy kind of job that any idiot can do. But, they do not see all ...
Rural Mail Carrier mauled by dogs in Bulloch County, GA
A rural mail carrier has been life flighted to a regional trauma center after being mauled by dogs Friday evening January 19, 2024. Bulloch County 911 operators, at 6:49 pm, dispatched Bulloch County EMS, Bulloch County Sheriff’s Deputies and Bulloch County Animal Control to a lady being attacked by dogs ...
January rural carrier heroes
Rural carriers recognized as going above and beyond for their customers ...
Fake NRLCA website
From our National NRO Kirby Rickets- All, I am not sure if you are aware of this, but someone just made us aware of this fake website purporting to be the NRLCA: https://www.nrlca-hq.org/ The National Office is looking into what can be done, but for now please warn all the carriers ...
Rural carrier saves a customer’s canines from a house fire
Rural Carrier Gary Sherman saw smoke coming from a home in Warsaw, NY, while he was delivering mail recently. The Postal Service employee, who is also a volunteer firefighter, called 911 and headed to the residence to warn anyone inside. No one was home, but Sherman could hear the customer’s ...
Kansas City Rural Letter Carriers’ Association Past President David Troutman died in a car crash on his route yesterday.
On Friday, Jan. 12, at 4:21 p.m., Sumner County Sheriff deputies were dispatched to the 100 block of East 60th Ave. for a vehicle lying on its top, submerged in a creek. When they arrived, they found a person in the vehicle and removed him from the water. David Troutman ...
Mail carrier rescued from flash flood waters in Virginia
The reason the man was trying to drive down that road, wasn't because he lived there, but because he worked for the postal service and he had mail to deliver. "He was working on delivering the mail. It was the mail carrier and he was trying to make some mail ...
NRLCA President Maston’s remarks in article on Minnesota delivery problems
Don Maston, president of the National Rural Carriers Association, which represents about 2,530 postal workers in Minnesota, said delivery problems across the nation “are all driven by the same issue – a lack of staffing.” “There’s a need for better wages, and the job is just not attractive for many,” ...
Rural carrier helps customer found in road
Rural Carrier Associate Allison Bundy was recently delivering mail in Throckmorton, TX, when she spotted an older customer lying face down in the middle of a road. Bundy pulled over and checked on the woman, whom she recognized. She helped the woman get back on her feet and to safety ...
Rural Carrier makes lifesaving tourniquet
Rural Carrier Associate Katherine Duvall recently put her emergency medical training to good use at the Pulaski Post Office in Tennessee. A driver had accidentally sliced his radial artery with a box cutter, which had slipped while he attempted to open a package while stopped at a red light near ...
Happy New Year from Ruralinfo.net
Happy New Year! Here’s to a year of good health, lots of love and plenty of laughter. Be sure and check out our 2023 Rural Carrier Year in Review at this link ...
2023 Rural Carrier Year in Review
We just finished our Rural carrier year in review page. Give it a look and a share please ;) ...
USPS Releases Equipment Maintenance Allowance Schedule for Rural Routes
In accordance with the provisions of Article 9, Section 2.J.3, of Handbook EL-902, Agreement Between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, effective December 30, 2023 (pay period 2-24), the equipment maintenance allowance (EMA) will decrease to 95.0 cents per mile. The EMA is 95.0 cents per ...
USPS releases 2024 Pay Dates and Leave Year Chart
2024 Pay Dates and Leave Year The following chart lists the 2024 pay periods. For the convenience of timekeepers, each biweekly pay period appears as two separate weeks with the beginning and ending dates indicated for each week. The leave year always begins the first day of the first full ...
USPS Proposes Revisions to Rural Carrier Costing Methodology Resulting in Lower Periodicals Costs
The Postal Service requested that the PRC initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider a change to rural carrier costing on November 21. The proposed revisions update the methodology for the calculation of rural carrier attributable costs to account for the new rural carrier route evaluation system. The proposal reduces unit Periodicals costs ...
Rep. Pete Stauber calls USPS letter response on problems in Bemidji ‘dismissive’ and ‘extremely disappointing’
BEMIDJI — U.S. Congressman Pete Stauber, who represents Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District, has weighed in on the ongoing issues with the postal service that have been reported in Bemidji. His office also shared a letter it received from the U.S. Postal Service responding to his questions. Concerns have been growing ...
The Christmas Holiday Season is hard for Postal Families
The Christmas Holiday Season is hard for Postal Families. They work long, hard hours in order to ensure that those treasured packages arrive before that big day of celebration and feasts. People that do not work for the Postal Service take for granted the incredible service and time that is ...