Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
WALK FOR THE CURE Floydada gym Fitness on the Square hosted a Walk for the Cure on Saturday, Oct. 2, starting at 9:00 a.m. Local businesses have donated water for stops along the 6.8–mile walk to the Unity Center in Muncy. Walkers will be escorted by the Floydada Police Department. Proceeds will go to Susan G. Komen Foundation. | PHOTOS BY BARBARA ANDERSON, HESPERIAN-BEACON
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
Mail delivery is about to get permanently slower and pricier for the holidays
SPOTLIGHT ON WALK FOR THE CURE Floydada gym Fitness on the Square hosted a Walk for the Cure on Saturday, Oct. 2, starting at 9:00 a.m. Local businesses have donated water for stops along the 6.8–mile walk to the Unity Center in Muncy. Walkers will be escorted by the Floydada Police Department. Proceeds will go to Susan G. Komen Foundation. | PHOTOS BY BARBARA ANDERSON, HESPERIAN-BEACON
Beginning this week, the U.S. Postal Service has started to “implement new service standards” for first class mail and periodicals — slowing its target delivery time by about 30 percent, USPS spokesperson Kim Frum told NPR.
According to Frum, some of the changes will result in increased time for some pieces of mail to go cross-country and other long distances. However, she tells NPR that 61 percent…
