Some Colorado towns are preparing to sue to make the post office prioritize mail over last-mile deliveries for Amazon.
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Posted inSocial Services
Even with Congress on its side, Crested Butte still can’t stamp out its Amazon-induced postal problems
Ongoing U.S. Postal Service issues in the mountain community have Crested Butte residents, town officials at wits’ end
Posted inPolitics and Government
“Ridiculous” stress on USPS contractors closed a Colorado town’s post office. Now, residents drive 60 miles for mail.
The 2,500 residents of the town find themselves without a local post office after its contracted business owners quit, citing lack of support.
Posted inCOVID, Health, News, Politics and Government
Inside the postal system’s most ambitious program in 246 years — mailing your COVID tests
There’s a warehouse in Denver that looks about as boring as they come. You can drive by it two or three times — as a Colorado Sun reporter recently did — before you even see its street address, stenciled faintly above a door. Its exterior is painted … a color. Details would be included here […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Ex-girlfriend arrested in fatal shooting of U.S. Postal Service worker in Longmont
Longmont police made an arrest in the shooting Wednesday of a U.S. Postal Service worker. Devan Schreiner, the 26-year-old ex-girlfriend of the victim, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. She was booked into the Boulder County jail. Authorities have not identified the man who was killed in the shooting, but KCNC-TV reports his name […]
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U.S. Postal Service worker fatally shot in Longmont neighborhood
LONGMONT — Police are looking for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a postal worker in northern Colorado. The Times-Call reports the worker, whose name has not been released, was shot in front of a group of neighborhood mailboxes in southwest Longmont on Wednesday afternoon. The male suspect was seen fleeing the area wearing dark clothing, […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: A Colorado mom-and-pop business inches closer to red ink
The new priorities of the United States Postal Service will be the end of our mom-and-pop business. Last summer, packages that our business shipped via USPS began to go missing or took months to reach their destination. Over the last year, we have spent a massive amount of time and expense tracking down packages, sending […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Colorado elections expert nominated by Joe Biden to serve on U.S. Postal Service governing board
Amber McReynolds, the former head of the Denver Elections Division and now the chief executive of the National Vote at Home Institute, is one of three people who will be nominated by President Joe Biden to serve on the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board. McReynolds, who lives in Denver, has focused throughout her career on […]
Posted inBusiness, Coloradans, COVID, News, Politics and Government
Colorado’s tiny mountain post offices are hamstrung — for the second straight holiday season
Crested Butte Mayor Jim Schmidt is getting that anxious feeling again when he makes his daily trek to the post office. A yellow slip in his post office box usually means a long wait in a line to retrieve a package. Just like last year, the line sometimes wraps around the outside of this town’s […]
Posted inColoradans, Election 2020, News, Politics and Government
A test of Colorado mail finds delivery is timely — most of the time
By Sandra Fish, CoLab and Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post Reports of slower mail delivery times nationally and across Colorado since mid-summer are causing concern as more voters than ever plan to vote by mail in the Nov. 3 election, to avoid coronavirus exposure. But an unscientific experiment by the Colorado News Collaborative over the […]