Alaska Senator protests loss of Anchorage DNO
Politicians are notorious for insisting that the US Postal Service be run “like a business”, and then complaining bitterly when an office or plant in their constituency is downsized or closed. Alaska...
View ArticleIssa gets something right: wants Alaska to pay for bypass mail subsidy
They say even a stopped clock is correct twice a day, so it was probably inevitable that Darrell Issa would get at least something right in his otherwise devastating postal “reform” bill. Issa’s bill...
View ArticleVideo: Thieves Target Collection Boxes in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE – If you dropped off some mail, or holiday gifts, in the past week, you might want to call the postal service, because your packages or mail could have been stolen. Four postal bins were...
View ArticleAlaska reps fight Issa move to repeal “bypass” mail subsidy
WASHINGTON, DC – The Alaska Delegation today vigorously defended Alaska’s bypass mail system against proposed changes that would leave Alaskans with higher costs and less reliable delivery during a...
View ArticleVideo: USPS losing tens of millions annually subsidizing shipments to Alaska
HOOPER BAY, Alaska — In the soggy, unforgiving tundra on the shores of the Bering Sea, Royala Bell defrosts a rack of beef ribs for dinner in a kitchen that doubles as a bedroom for six of her seven...
View ArticleMurkowski Gets FedEx to Rethink its Rural P.O. Box Policies
Waiting for days to get prescription drugs. Trips to the post office to find an empty box where your business-critical supplies should be. After hearing these and other rural Alaskans’ frustrations...
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