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Rural Carrier shot, car stolen in Spring Branch, TX, postal inspector says

SPRING BRANCH, Texas – A mail carrier was shot while on her route Saturday morning in Spring Branch, a U.S. Postal Service inspector said. Inspector Michael Martinez said the woman, who is a rural carrier and uses a private vehicle, was shot near Spring Branch and River Way roads about 9:30 a.m. Her vehicle was … Read more

KY Rural Carrier retires after 40 years with USPS

Last Saturday was Joe Calvert’s final day of work at the Morehead post office. Calvert, who has worked for the United States Postal Service for 40 years, began his career for the Morehead post office when he was 18 years old. He took the civil service exam when he was a freshman at Morehead State … Read more

SC Rural mail carrier seriously injured in wreck

A rural mail carrier was seriously injured in a single-car accident in the 1500 block of Three Mile Road in Walterboro Monday Sept. 12 at 3:33 p.m. The northbound Isuzu Rodeo lost control on the gravel road, struck the ditch bank and overturned. The small SUV struck a tree causing heavy damage to the vehicle. … Read more

Downtown post office home to rural carrier academy

KINGSPORT, TN – Kingsport’s downtown post office – previously on the market for about 18 months – is now serving a new role in the Tri-Cities region. A portion of the two-story building is now home to a Rural Carrier Training Academy. Susan Wright, acting communications programs specialist with the U.S. Postal Service, said the … Read more

Neighborhood surprises rural mail carrier after lightning strike fire

A postal worker is thankful for the people on his route after they surprised him with gifts several times over. Harold Chandler delivers for the United States Postal Service in Summerville, but the father of three nearly lost everything when his home in Goose Creek home was struck by lightning and caught on fire in … Read more

Amazon Fresh “Customized Delivery” information for rural carriers

Re: Amazon Fresh “Customized Delivery” The NRLCA is aware that the Postal Service is expanding the Amazon Fresh test which is also known as “Customized Delivery”. The parties have discussed this process of rural carriers delivering groceries and the work functions around that. The parties have agreed at this time, ONLY Leave Replacements will deliver … Read more

Rural Carrier to carry torch in state race

  Windfall, IN, Rural Carrier Angela Kemper-Grimes will be one of 2,200 Hoosiers who’ll carry a torch during a special relay run this fall to honor Indiana’s 200th anniversary. Each runner will pass the torch along a 3,200-mile route that runs through each of the state’s 92 counties. “I’ve grown up in Windfall, still live … Read more

Some mail saved from rural letter carrier’s charred Jeep

A fire that engulfed mail carrier Pat Ash’s Jeep Wrangler last week also destroyed some but not all of the mail inside. Marion firefighter Jim Davis discovered the mail. “It wasn’t until the fire was out that we realized there was still mail inside” Davis said. “I’m sure some of it was charred, but we … Read more

‘Rural delivery’ postal routes causing concern among residents

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — When you think of mail delivery, you expect to see a postal worker in a uniform and that familiar postal truck, but KENS5 is learning mail is being delivered by postal workers who drive their personal cars and dress in regular clothes. Source: ‘Rural delivery’ postal routes causing concern among residents … Read more

Rural mail carrier becomes pro fisherman

SELMER, Tenn. — Fishing from the time he was a little boy has led a former Selmer man into becoming a pro fisherman in addition to his regular job as a rural route postal carrier. Keith Amerson has been on the pro fishing tour for three years. Source: Daily Corinthian – Rural mail carrier becomes … Read more

Rural mail route carrier brings surprises 

When Kristi Hanna graduated from Northwest Missouri State University and began teaching first grade in Iowa, she never thought she’d return to Maryville, and she never thought she’d transition from teaching children to delivering mail for the United States Postal Service. Hanna taught full-time until she had her children, and then she worked as a … Read more

RCA not seriously hurt in accident with propane truck in Tollesboro KY

A Tollesboro woman working to deliver the mail escaped serious injury Wednesday morning when her vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer hauling propane gas. Deputy Gary Sparks said the accident happened on the AA Highway at the intersection of Hamrick Hollow Road at Tollesboro when a 2000 Geo Tracker, operated by Rachel Doll, 28, of … Read more

Rural Carrier contract approved by the membership

Pursuant to Article XI, Section 4 of the NRLCA Constitution, the Ratification Committee has completed the tabulation of ballots and reports that the 2015-2018 NRLCA-USPS Tentative National Agreement has been RATIFIED by a vote of 16,739 to 3,368, or 83 percent voting in favor of ratification. A more detailed report from the Ratification Committee will … Read more

At 96, Rural Mail Carrier Smashes Normal Retirement Age

TAMARACK, Minn. — For most of us, retirement will come in our 60s. But Aitkin County mail carrier Bill Onstad is anything but your average worker. When asked how many years he’s been a mail carrier, Onstad quickly replies, “Well, that’s what I don’t know. I can’t remember when I started.” At the tender age … Read more