Irmo, SC, Rural Carrier Kendra Miller had finished her route and was on her way back to the Post Office when she saw a vehicle with the driver behind the wheel — her head laid back. Miller approached and found the doors locked with the engine still running. She knocked ...

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor a bear or other crazy experiences has kept Jesse Lee Hatfield from delivering the mail — they just motivated him to write a book. “I love being a rural mail carrier,” Hatfield said. The 55-year-old lives in Conway, but he has delivered mail for 23 ...

Photo: Toby Holder laments the Killeen post office's treatment of part-time rural carriers. For the last six years, Toby Holder has worked as a part-time, rural carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Killeen. But the contract he signed with USPS turned out to be more than a part-time job, ...

Middleburgh, NY, Rural Carrier Kathy Potter was on her route when she came upon a woman who had suffered a seizure and collapsed on her front porch. With the help of a neighbor, Potter alerted emergency responders and the woman’s husband, who was at work. Potter later learned the woman ...

Richmond, KY, Rural Carrier Michael Atwood was delivering mail when he saw a truck with the driver slumped over. The man was too weak to move, so Atwood helped him out of the vehicle and into a nearby chair. Atwood called 911 and stayed with him until help arrived. via ...

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association Supports the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave ActFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 17, 2014National Rural Letter Carriers' Association – www.nrlca.orgContact: Margaret Boehm, MBoehm@nrlca.org, 703-797-8412The National Rural Letter Carriers' Association endorses the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act that was introduced by Senators Jon Tester D-MT and Jerry Moran R-KS ...

Hartington, NE, Rural Carrier Gordon Yunker was delivering mail when he came upon an overturned truck, with the injured driver pinned inside. Yunker called 911 and stayed until help arrived. The driver was taken by helicopter to a hospital where he was expected to recover. via USPS News Link - ...

The Postal Service is paying significantly more in costs to supervise city mail carriers than it does for rural carriers, says a Dec. 2 USPS inspector general report. For every 100 employees, supervisory costs – including salary and benefits – for city carriers were about $440,000 on average in fiscal 2013, the report (pdf) ...

Dermott, AR, Rural Carrier Vivian Prescott grew concerned when a customer hadn’t collected mail in several days. She asked a neighbor to check on her. The neighbor called the woman’s son, who entered the house and found his mother unconscious. Emergency responders took her to a hospital where she recovered ...

“I know that this particular home, they have a few dogs, and I just came around the corner there where they live and I saw the shed on fire,” Thompson told the Daily Reporter. “I thought, ‘I just gotta check, just in case.'” Sure enough, Thompson heard puppies whimpering from ...

Cameron Brown, Waynesville, NC Posted 12/2/14 Waynesville, NC, Rural Carrier Cameron Brown was delivering mail to a residence when he heard someone calling for help from an adjacent workshop. He found a man on the floor bleeding from a head wound. Brown notified the man’s wife, who called for help ...

A mail carrier is being honored for stopping a small brushfire before it became a wildlife in Jefferson County. Bob Trujillo was delivering mail near Genesee when he smelled smoke. He investigated and spotted a small brushfire near a customer's home, according to the United State Postal Service. "Because he ...

To the NRLCA, Recently, the plan for Amazon Sunday deliveries was put into effect by the USPS. The plan is to have “main” offices as the Hub for these deliveries, not just to that office’s city and rural areas, but also to surrounding areas. This in essence committed “substitute” carriers/RCAs, ...

Inman, SC, Rural Carrier Emily Hawkins was delivering mail when she noticed a woman lying in a yard. The woman said she’d been on the ground for an hour after she fell and injured herself. Hawkins ran to get the woman’s husband, and they helped the woman get back on ...

Postmaster General Donahoe to Retire February 2015 The United States Postal Service Board of Governors announced today that Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer Patrick R. Donahoe has decided to retire February 1, 2015, after 39 years with the Postal Service. At a public meeting of the Board of Governors ...

At 9 o'clock this morning, the NRLCA received the following information on the cyber-breach that compromised Postal Service employees' personal information and employment information just minutes before Stand Up talks on the subject began around the country in Post Offices. President Dwyer did receive a phone call on Sunday night ...

As a longtime postal worker, Donna Boles sees the same things each day. Boles stops by 716 mailboxes on her route, which is about 40 miles. On Friday, the unexpected happen. As Boles was delivering mail to the home of Bonnie Sturkie, Sturkie ran up to Boles saying she needed ...