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• Mail box blown up, Missoula PD investigating Play Video

  April 12, 2012 5:21 PM

  MISSOULA- Missoula Police say they're looking into a Wednesday night incident where two juvenile boys blew up a mail box on the south side of town. Police say it happened just after 7:30 p.m. in the 4200 block of Rainbow Drive and add that one suspect is 15-years-old and... more »

• Baucus bringing "workdays" event to Missoula

  April 10, 2012 12:23 PM

  WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Max Baucus will spend be spending Wednesday in the Garden City working at the Missoula Mail Processing Center Facility on West Kent Avenue. The workday follows Baucus' announcement that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe will be coming to Montana at the Senator's request to listen to Montanans... more »

• Mail processing facility stays in Missoula, for now Play Video

  February 23, 2012 11:10 PM

  MISSOULA- The United States Postal Service has been was studying whether to move the Missoula mail processing operation to Spokane since last year. But on Wednesday afternoon, 28 employees at the Missoula processing center learned they won't be losing their jobs and the next day the USPS announced the Missoula... more »

• Fate of Kalispell mail processing center still in limbo Play Video

  February 23, 2012 7:13 PM

  KALISPELL- The Kalispell Mail Processing Center has avoided the chopping block for now but the US Postal Service (USPS) continues to evaluate whether the center should consolidate, which would mean cut backs on employment. The facility in Kalispell had been studied by the USPS over the past five months... more »

• Future of Kalispell mail processing center still in limbo Play Video

  December 14, 2011 7:37 PM

  KALISPELL- The question of whether or not mail processing facilities all over the United States will be closed remains, but after a press release issued Tuesday, employees that work at the Kalispell center are breathing a sigh of relief. A news release issued by some of Montana's Congressional delegation... more »

• Long lines greet Missoula mailers at Post Office Play Video

  December 12, 2011 11:19 PM

  MISSOULA- The lines at the Post Office are getting longer as the number of days until Christmas dwindles. The Kent Avenue office was bustling early Monday morning with people shipping out Christmas gifts and with the big holiday less than two weeks away, the USPS is encouraging last-minute shippers... more »

• Kalispell to hold meeting on closing mail processing center Play Video

  November 30, 2011 11:34 PM

  KALISPELL- The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) needs to trim billions of dollars but, it estimates closing two mail processing operations in Western Montana would save less than $2 million. A study by USPS says shutting down the Kalispell center would cut costs by almost $600,000. The Post Office proposes... more »

• Mail delivery controversy hits some Conrad residents Play Video

  October 27, 2011 8:20 AM

  CONRAD- A U.S. Postal Service plan to reduce the number of Conrad residents receiving door delivery is raising some concerns among residents of the Blue Sky Villa Retirement Village. Some of the residents cite their medical conditions and mobility challenges as reasons for needing door delivery, but most of... more »

• Postal Service warns of default as losses mount

  February 9, 2011 12:53 PM

  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The U.S. Postal Service warned Wednesday that it may default on some of its financial obligations later this year after reporting yet another quarterly loss. The USPS, a self-supporting government agency that receives no tax dollars, said it suffered a loss of $329 million in... more »

• Biggest week of mail delivery underway

  December 13, 2010 6:02 PM

  DENVER, CO - Neither rain, nor sleet, nor the busiest mailing week of the year will keep postal carriers from making their rounds. The week of Monday, December 13 through Monday, December 20 is the busiest and biggest week of mail delivery of the year. The U.S. Postal Service... more »

• Montana mail bags still missing

  March 12, 2010 1:17 PM

  BILLINGS - Those mail sacks which fell from an airplane somewhere over a vast stretch of Montana are still missing. The good news is only a handful of parcels weren't delivered. The two mail bags dropped from a small plane contracted to the Postal Service as it was flying... more »

• USPS to consider eliminating Saturday delivery

  March 2, 2010 2:01 PM

  WASHINGTON - Facing a $238 billion shortfall over the next decade, Postmaster General John Potter on Tuesday outlined several legislative and regulatory changes that he believes are necessary to maintain a viable United States Postal Service. The most dramatic proposal is the elimination of Saturday mail delivery. Other changes... more »

• Missing mail search covering hundreds of miles

  February 26, 2010 5:26 PM

  MISSOULA - The search for two missing mail bags that fell from a plane is stretching across hundreds of miles of Montana, with the U.S. Postal Service hoping a rancher or farmer might find the missing sacks. The mail bags dropped from a small plane contracted to the U.S.... more »