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Aug 17, 2026
Getting weird mail? In Colorado, it could be business fraud
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Have you ever gotten mail addressed to a strange business, instead of to you? Thousands of Colorado residents have reported their addresses are being used to register fake companies.
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Aug 14, 2026
Why has the price of sending a package gone up?
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The U.S. Post Office and private shipping companies like UPS and FedEx are grappling with inflationary pressures.
Mar 27, 2026
How does mail get to the Grand Canyon?
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A mule train traverses 9 miles to get to the Havasupai Tribe. The Postal Service has stayed true to its original mission of delivering to everyone in the U.S.
Dec 19, 2025
What do post offices do with “Dear Santa” letters?
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Children (and adults) can write letters to Santa Claus through the U.S. Postal Service’s Operation Santa program, which allows others to fulfill their wish lists.
Nov 10, 2025
Holiday catalogs are making a comeback
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Snail mail stands out when consumers are overwhelmed by digital ads.
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Nov 15, 2018
USPS $3.9 billion from being in the black
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The U.S. Postal Service lost almost $4 billion during the 2018 fiscal year.
Oct 18, 2018
U.S. announces plan to withdraw from 144-year-old international postal treaty
The Trump administration announced today that it’s planning to pull the United States out of a relatively obscure 144-year-old treaty. The Universal Postal Union sets rates that national postal services charge for shipping small parcels to other countries. The move could affect how much you have to pay when you buy stuff online, especially if the […]
Oct 18, 2018
U.S. announces plan to withdraw from 144-year-old international postal treaty
The Trump administration announced today that it’s planning to pull the United States out of a relatively obscure 144-year-old treaty. The Universal Postal Union sets rates that national postal services charge for shipping small parcels to other countries. The move could affect how much you have to pay when you buy stuff online, especially if the […]
Apr 3, 2018
The post office may be losing money, but Amazon is not to blame
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Packages from the e-commerce world have helped USPS see double-digit increases in revenue.
Aug 3, 2017
Fedex says it won’t add surcharges to regular holiday period packages, unlike UPS
The weather outside may be sweltering, so it might seem an odd time to be thinking about the holiday season, but that’s exactly what shippers are doing. Today FedEx announced it won’t be adding holiday surcharges to regular packages it delivers over that period. That’s significant, because in June, UPS announced it will add an […]