NEWSTALK 860 » mail http://ksfa860.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Closure of Tyler Mail Processing Center Could Delay Your Mail http://ksfa860.com/closure-of-tyler-mail-processing-center-could-delay-your-mail/ http://ksfa860.com/closure-of-tyler-mail-processing-center-could-delay-your-mail/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:09:24 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=113636 More is known now about the timeline for the closure of an East Texas mail processing center.

Last May we brought you the news here on this blog, that the mail processing facility in Tyler was on the list of announced closures as the postal service looks to tighten up its budget, and now it looks like that will happen in June of this year.  What does it mean exactly for our mail in Lufkin?

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/closure-of-tyler-mail-processing-center-could-delay-your-mail/feed/ 0 US Postal Service to Stop Shipping Electronics to Troops Overseas http://ksfa860.com/us-postal-service-to-stop-shipping-electronics-to-troops-overseas/ http://ksfa860.com/us-postal-service-to-stop-shipping-electronics-to-troops-overseas/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 17:45:30 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=98879 In an announcement made earlier this month, the US Postal Service told customers that as of May 16, they will no longer ship electronics like iPads, Kindles, smartphones and other devices containing lithium batteries overseas.

This means that people who want to ship electronics to troops serving abroad will have to pay a premium to go through private shipping services.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/us-postal-service-to-stop-shipping-electronics-to-troops-overseas/feed/ 0 John Moore, Getty Images Mailing a Letter Will Cost How Much Thanks to New Stamp Prices? — Dollars and Sense http://ksfa860.com/new-stamp-prices-dollars-and-sense/ http://ksfa860.com/new-stamp-prices-dollars-and-sense/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:58:14 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=71502 If you haven’t bought stamps in awhile, you may want to stock up — they’ll cost more after this weekend.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/new-stamp-prices-dollars-and-sense/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Postal Service Cuts Means Next-Day Mail May Be a Thing of the Past http://ksfa860.com/postal-service-cuts-next-day-mail/ http://ksfa860.com/postal-service-cuts-next-day-mail/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:54:42 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=63941 Proposed cuts to services from the US Postal Service will save the cash-strapped organization some much-needed funds, but the public may not like the outcome.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/postal-service-cuts-next-day-mail/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images US Postmaster Proposes Eliminating Saturday Mail Delivery http://ksfa860.com/us-postmaster-proposes-eliminating-saturday-mail/ http://ksfa860.com/us-postmaster-proposes-eliminating-saturday-mail/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:15:10 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=27005 Email and other electronic transactions have caused a dramatic drop in the volume of snail-mail and its associated revenues — so much so that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has proposed eliminating Saturday mail delivery.

It’s a move that could save the United States Postal Service as much as $3.1 billion a year.

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