In this video, NRLCA President Stutts explains the details of the 2021-2024 Tentative Agreement ...

A two-vehicle accident shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday has claimed the life of 39-year-old Mindi House. Captain James Gresham with the Stephenville Police Department told Beneath the Surface News that House was traveling east on Washington Street and attempting to make a left-hand turn onto Wolfe Nursery Road when her ...

The Postal Service has designated Jan. 24 as Rural Reach Day, which celebrates the organization’s lead-sharing program for rural carriers. USPS districts will hold events to thank rural carriers for contributing to the Rural Reach program, which has generated more than $817 million in estimated annualized revenue since it began ...

Background In fiscal year (FY) 2020, the U.S. Postal Service had about 133,000 rural letter carriers and associates delivering mail on over 79,500 rural routes. A rural route can be a government owned vehicle (GOV) route where the Postal Service provides the delivery vehicle, or an equipment maintenance allowance (EMA) ...

Rickey Pottle, a rural carrier from Gardiner, ME, was recently making deliveries in nearby Farmingdale when he grew concerned about a customer whose mail was piling up unusually. Pottle alerted the local Post Office, and authorities were asked to check on the man. Emergency responders discovered that the customer had ...

Rural Carrier William Goddard was recently delivering mail in Martins Ferry, OH, when he saw a car swerve on a four-lane highway to avoid hitting a 5-year-old boy darting in and out of traffic. Goddard immediately stopped and waved at an oncoming truck to alert the driver to the presence ...

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Rural Carrier Steve Slinkard was recently delivering mail in Paragould, AR, when he heard someone yelling for help behind a residence. Slinkard stopped to render aid and soon found a customer facedown on the back porch. The man said he’d fallen after mowing his lawn and had been trying to ...

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The National Rural Letter Carriers' Association and the United States Postal Service have negotiated a Tentative Agreement to cover the 3-year period from May 21, 2021 to May 20, 2024. This Tentative Agreement must be ratified by a majority of the voting membership of the NRLCA to become effective. The ...

Rural Carrier Frank Flejtuch was recently delivering mail in Hayden, ID, when he spotted an older customer lying on the ground outside her home. Flejtuch rushed to check on the woman, who had fallen and couldn’t stand up on her own. The Postal Service employee safely helped the customer get ...

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Just about every year I try to go back in time and do a year in review post.  While I may not have captured everything, I tried to get the most important events that affected rural carriers.  Hope you enjoy it ;) Click here to see the article ...

The attached MOU outlines the temporary modification to two contractual provisions, allowing regular rural carriers who volunteer to work on Sundays or provide auxiliary assistance to other rural routes during the week. This MOU is effective beginning January 1 and continues through March 25, 2022. No regular rural carriers will be required to serve ...

I somehow missed getting this in my "in Memoriam" page in December.  May he and his family find peace Randal Mosby Jr. passed away following a vehicle accident while on the route. Randal was a new RCA in Collinsville, IL and was 19 years old. He will truly be missed ...

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https://www.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Colin-RCA-Workhours-Letter.12.07.21-002-002.pdf ...