USPS tells customers it's 'taking action' amid reports of more mail delays in Louisville

"...LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The U.S. Postal Service recently sent out an alert to customers about delays at the Louisville Processing and Distribution Center. The alert comes as residents report mail delays...Employees at the Gardiner Lane facility continue to share photos and videos showing bins filled with mail and letters piled along hallways inside the processing and distribution center. While mail volume typically increases during the holiday season, employees said the backlog started much earlier this year. Several said the post office began falling behind even before Thanksgiving.

Last Friday morning, semi trucks were seen lined up outside the building, backing up traffic as drivers waited to load and unload."    

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Huntsville, Alabama | Monrovia residents frustrated by missing mail deliveries

Monrovia residents have not received consistent mail delivery for more than two weeks

"...Charles Jahnke, another resident, echoed these concerns.

"I've got bills that I know should be in my mailbox right now that I'm going to have to run up to the Huntsville utilities to pay my bill, I don't even know what it is yet," Jahnke said. ..."    

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Annapolis voters asked to drop off mail-in ballots due to postal service issues ahead of primary election

"...Voters in Annapolis, Maryland, are being asked to drop off their mail-in ballots or vote in person due to issues with the U.S. Postal Service, according to the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections.

The issues were reported ahead of the city's Primary Election on Tuesday, Sept. 16. ..."    

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Largest delayed backlog in USPS field audit history | St. Louis Processing and Distribution Center

"Republican U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner saying it went "beyond mere incompetence" and calling for firings. ...According to the audit, the St. Louis Processing and Distribution Center had more than 2.5 million delayed pieces of mail between June 3-4, "the largest delayed mail volume since our field operations reviews began in 2021."

The audit of the distribution centers revealed deficiencies in all of the areas it reviewed that effect operations efficiency, including delayed mail, package scanning, arrow keys, carrier separations and transfers, property conditions and package separations. It also found security issues at both centers. ...

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Minnesota | Residents in these south metro suburbs are still fed up with mail delays

"...The complaints continue from Eagan, Lakeville and Apple Valley as President Donald Trump flirts with privatizing the U.S. Postal Service. ..."    

This Article is From: www.startribune.com


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Congressman blasts USPS over mail delays and calls for ‘transparency’ after residents left without delivery for a month

"... A KENTUCKY congressman is demanding answers after residents were left without mail for weeks, causing chaos as bills, medications, and essential deliveries were missing.

US Rep. Morgan McGarvey toured Louisville’s main post office but blasted the United States Postal Service for a lack of transparency. ..."    

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Backup in USPS sorting center causing delivery delays for north Alabama residents

"...State leaders are saying a backup at the postal service sorting center in Birmingham is the root of the problem. ...They haven’t received any of their bills, tax documents, or bank statements in 10 days. John said spotty deliveries have been happening since October. ..."    

This Article is From: www.waff.com

More Reading: What happened to the 'top performing' Huntsville Alabama Mail Processing & Distribution Facility? The Huntsville Processing and Distribution Facility (PD&F) was a mail processing facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The Postal Service began closing the facility in 2011 and consolidating it to Birmingham. Huntsville is the largest city in Alabama. The Huntsville facility was consistently a top performing facility in the U.S. Southern District led by top performing 'Plant Manager, Doug Miller.' The Huntsville P&DF often handled mail processing that the Birmingham Mail Sorting Center was unable to hprocess in a timely manner. More Reading: Closing mail facility in Huntsville will hurt service, officials say
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USPS delays disrupting small businesses and online sellers

"...LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Missing mail and parcels parked at post offices across Louisville are leaving Kentuckians waiting and wondering what’s going on with the United States Postal Service system.

Cristine Scanlan is a seamstress based in Kentucky who specializes in colonial clothing and relies heavily on USPS for things she can’t get in your average store. ..."

   

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U.S. Postal Service audit reveals significant delays, operational issues in several Alabama cities

"...An audit by the U.S. Postal Service has revealed significant mail delays and operational issues in the Alabama-Mississippi district, particularly in Center Point, Northport, and Tuscaloosa. The audit noted that none of the three branches used 'Undelivered Mail Report' forms to record delayed mail..."    

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Northeast Florida lawmakers demand audit of Jacksonville USPS facility over lost, delayed mail

"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Customers have reported that important packages are being delivered to the wrong states, and in some cases, mail is being lost altogether. ...Congressman John Rutherford and four other U.S. Representatives from Northeast Florida and Georgia are requesting an audit of the Jacksonville Network Distribution Center (NDC). ..."    

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‘Unacceptable,’ Kansas Secretary of State raises concern over Postal Service’s handling of ballots

"...Kansas Secretary of State of Scott Schwab is raising concerns over the Postal Service’s mishandling of legally cast primary election ballots. Schwab says he is working to seek assurance that any issues will be rectified for the general election in November. On Monday, Schwab’s office says he sent a letter to the postmaster general outlining his concerns that approximately 1,000 Kansans were either properly postmarked but received by county election officers after the three-day grace period or lacked a required postmark...."    

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U.S. Postal Service slowdowns are so bad, baby birds are dying in transit

"...According to Postal Regulatory Commission data, roughly 83% of first-class mail arrived on time in Kansas and Missouri in the first three months of 2024. That rate was the sixth worst of the 50 postal districts in the country. ...For days, Amy Gholson tracked a shipment of baby turkeys she ordered from an Ohio hatchery. She kept tabs online as the birds began the more than 500-mile trip to her home near St. Charles, Missouri, via the U.S. Postal Service.

The 10 birds needed to arrive in two days to ensure they’d survive the trip. It was late March and temperatures were still low, making the speed of the delivery more crucial than usual. But the baby turkeys, or poults, hadn’t even left Ohio when progress halted."    

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Georgia Named Worst State For USPS 2-Day Mail Service Amid Delivery Delays

"Delays have included save-the-date invitations getting to guests and absentee ballots ...also had delays in receiving their tax returns since the consolidation, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. Concerns regarding the Palmetto plant have reached U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat who represents Georgia...Prescriptions aren’t arriving. Bills aren’t getting paid. Ballots aren’t getting counted. "    

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Missing mail, delayed packages: How USPS woes could impact Georgia election

"...the problem extends far beyond receiving packages on time. The delays have gotten so bad that officials are now worried they could impact people’s ability to vote by mail-in absentee ballots during Georgia’s primary election this month. Absentee ballots have taken on a greater role since the 2020 election..."    

This Article is From: www.savethepostoffice.com


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US Postal Service downgrades South Dakota mail operations

"...SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The U.S. Postal Service has finalized its plan to downgrade the downtown Sioux Falls post office to a local processing center, shifting non-local mail operations to a facility in Omaha, Nebraska. The reorganization, first introduced in January, has sparked concerns about slower mail delivery to rural communities because letters and packages formerly processed and sent from Sioux Falls will be routed through Omaha, 160 miles away. ..."    

This Article is From: www.sdnewswatch.org
Tags: Delay of Mail, Attacks on Republican Ran States, Attacks on South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Election Interference (2024 - USPS), The Biden Years,

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Audit of Houston-area USPS facility found 384,000 delayed parcels during January inspection

"The USPS Office of Inspector General attributed the delivery delays at a Missouri City processing center to a variety of problems, including staffing shortages, oversights by management, reporting errors, lapses in communication, safety issues and a general state of disarray. ..."    

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Audit reveals issues plaguing facility during USPS mail delays

"An audit report released Thursday found hundreds of thousands of pieces of delayed mail and several safety issues plaguing a U.S. Postal...USPS Office of Inspector General conducted an unannounced site visit at the South Houston Local Mail Processing Center in Missouri City from Jan. 28 to Jan. 30..."    

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Postal workers in Missoula concerned by possibility of moving sorting to Spokane

"U.S. Post Office workers in Missoula are extremely skeptical of a plan to possibly “modernize” the facility here because it may involve transferring outgoing mail-processing operations currently performed in Missoula to Spokane. ...“If you’re sending something from Missoula to Missoula, it’s gonna get driven to Spokane first... “We do a ton of Veterans Administration medications," he said. "Stuff like that’s gonna suffer. A lot of people rely on their physical Social Security checks. Things like that. A ton of local businesses take advantage of those flat-rate boxes. All their shipping could be delayed for two or more days.”"    

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Postal Service may be seeking to move some mail processing work from Buffalo down the Thruway to Rochester.

"... It is now part of an overall $40 billion national consolidation of regional mail systems, with talk of moving some of that Buffalo work to a facility in Rochester. So far the postal service has declined interview requests, only sending out press releases claiming greater efficiency. They have also decided to postpone a scheduled public information meeting...based on reports from other areas, perhaps an automated mail sorting device called an advanced facer canceller would be removed from the current Buffalo plant. American Postal Workers Union Local 324 President Frank Resetarits said, "They took out a piece of equipment that if we lose here in Buffalo, it's going to result in a delay in mail." "    

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Alabama | Huntsville postal employee indicted on federal charge for destroying, withholding mail

"The indictment says Alexander Dockery destroyed, detained and delayed letters, postcards, packages and other mail... Dockery’s arraignment is set for Feb. 9. "    

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