[Update 5:15 p.m.] Hundreds of mail-handling facilities have been named in a shutdown list released Thursday by the U.S. Postal Service as the agency tries to cut massive red ink.
The potential closings are the latest chapter in a fundamental overhaul of the agency that may also mean closing thousands of smaller post offices across the country, and cuts in tens of thousands of Postal Service jobs in years to come.
It may also result in a slightly longer time for the delivery of first-class mail.
"It is no exaggeration to say that we are radically re-aligning the way that we process mail, the way that we deliver mail, and the way that we operate our retail network," Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe told reporters at a Thursday briefing.
The latest list targets 252 processing facilities and related "network transportation," as the Postal Service calls its distribution system, which now consists of 487 facilities.
"Our immediate goal is to reduce our total costs by $20 billion by 2015," Donahoe said, including $3 billion in anticipated savings from the facilities realignment announced Thursday.
[Original post] The U.S. Postal Service released a list of locations that will be studied in order to decide whether they will be closed or consolidated as the agency tries to cut massive red ink.
The potential closings are the latest chapter in a fundamental overhaul of the agency that may also mean closing thousands of smaller post offices across the country, and cuts in tens of thousands of Postal Service jobs in years to come.
The latest list targets nearly 250 processing facilities and related "network transportation," as the Postal Service calls its distribution system. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe planned a news conference Thursday to explain the changes.
"With the dramatic decline in mail volume and the resulting excess capacity, maintaining a vast national infrastructure is no longer realistic," Donahoe said ahead of the news conference.
The US Postal Service is considering outsourcing some of its basic services to some local town halls, mini-marts or malls. It opened its first so-called "village post offices" last month in tiny Malone, Washington.
With the proposed change, postal officials say customers can expect a first class letter to take two or three days, instead of the one-to-three day standard the existing delivery system was designed to meet.
The full list below in alphabetical order by state:
POST OFFICE | CITY | STATE |
Anniston AL CSMPC | Anniston | AL |
Dothan AL CSMPC | Dothan | AL |
Huntsville AL P&DF | Huntsville | AL |
Mobile AL Annex | Mobile | AL |
Tuscaloosa AL CSMPC | Tuscaloosa | AL |
Fayetteville AR P&DF | Fayetteville | AR |
Harrison AR CSMPC | Harrison | AR |
Hot Springs Ntl Pk AR CSMPC | Hot Springs National Park | AR |
Jonesboro AR CSMPC | Jonesboro | AR |
Little Rock Lindsey Road AR Annex | Little Rock | AR |
East Valley AZÂ DDC | Gilbert | AZ |
North Valley AZÂ DDC | Phoenix | AZ |
Tucson AZ P&DC | Tucson | AZ |
Bakersfield CA P&DC | Bakersfield | CA |
Eureka CA CSMPC | Eureka | CA |
Herb Peck CA Annex | Los Angeles | CA |
Industry CA P&DC | City Of Industry | CA |
Long Beach CA P&DC | Long Beach | CA |
Midway CA P&DF | San Diego | CA |
Modesto CA CSMPC | Modesto | CA |
North Bay CA DDC | Petaluma | CA |
North Bay CA P&DC | Petaluma | CA |
North Peninsula CA DDC | Burlingame | CA |
Pasadena CA P&DC | Pasadena | CA |
Redding CA CSMPC | Redding | CA |
San Bernardino CA P&DC | San Bernardino | CA |
Stockton CA P&DC | Stockton | CA |
Van Nuys CA FSS Annex | Van Nuys | CA |
Alamosa CO CSMPC | Alamosa | CO |
Colorado Springs CO P&DC | Colorado Springs | CO |
Durango CO CSMPC | Durango | CO |
Salida CO CSMPC | Salida | CO |
Southern Connecticut CT P&DC | Wallingford | CT |
Stamford CT P&DC | Stamford | CT |
Wilmington DE P&DF | New Castle | DE |
Ft Lauderdale FL P&DC | Fort Lauderdale | FL |
Ft Myers FL P&DC | Fort Myers | FL |
Gainesville FL P&DF | Gainesville | FL |
Lakeland FL P&DC | Lakeland | FL |
Manasota FL P&DC | Sarasota | FL |
Orlando FL P&DC | Orlando | FL |
Panama City FL P&DF | Panama City | FL |
South Florida FL P&DC | Pembroke Pines | FL |
St Petersburg FL P&DC | Saint Petersburg | FL |
Acworth GA CSMPC | Acworth | GA |
Albany GA CSMPC | Albany | GA |
Athens GA P&DF | Athens | GA |
Augusta GA P&DF | Augusta | GA |
Cartersville GA CSMPC | Cartersville | GA |
Columbus GA CSMPC | Columbus | GA |
Douglasville GA CSMPC | Douglasville | GA |
Marietta GAÂ DDC | Marietta | GA |
Savanna PO CSMPC | Savannah | GA |
Savannah GA P&DF | Savannah | GA |
Swainsboro GA CSMPC | Swainsboro | GA |
Valdosta GA CSMPC | Valdosta | GA |
Waycross GA CSMPC | Waycross | GA |
Carroll IA CSMPC | Carroll | IA |
Cedar Rapids IA P&DF | Cedar Rapids | IA |
Creston IA CSMPC | Creston | IA |
Waterloo IA P&DF | Waterloo | IA |
Pocatello ID CSMPC | Pocatello | ID |
Bloomington IL P&DF | Bloomington | IL |
Carbondale IL CSMPC | Carbondale | IL |
Centralia IL CSMPC | Centralia | IL |
Effingham IL CSMPC | Effingham | IL |
Fox Valley IL P&DC | Fox Valley | IL |
Irving Park IL P&DC | Chicago | IL |
Quincy IL P&DF | Quincy | IL |
Rockford IL P&DC | Rockford | IL |
Springfield IL P&DC | Springfield | IL |
Bloomington IN P&DF | Bloomington | IN |
Columbus IN CSMPC | Columbus | IN |
Gary IN P&DC | Gary | IN |
Kokomo IN P&DF | Kokomo | IN |
Lafayette IN P&DF | Lafayette | IN |
Muncie IN P&DF | Muncie | IN |
South Bend IN P&DC | South Bend | IN |
Terre Haute IN P&DF | Terre Haute | IN |
Colby KS CSMPC | Colby | KS |
Dodge City KS CSMPC | Dodge City | KS |
Hays KS CSMPC | Hays | KS |
Hutchinson KS CSMPC | Hutchinson | KS |
Liberal KS CSMPC | Liberal | KS |
Salina KS CSMPC | Salina | KS |
Topeka KS P&DF | Topeka | KS |
Bowling Green KY P&DF | Bowling Green | KY |
Campton KY CSMPC | Campton | KY |
Elizabethtown KY CSMPC | Elizabethtown | KY |
Hazard KY CSMPC | Hazard | KY |
Lexington KY P&DC | Lexington | KY |
London KY P&DF | London | KY |
Louisville KY Annex | Louisville | KY |
Paducah KY P&DF | Paducah | KY |
Somerset KY CSMPC | Somerset | KY |
Lafayette LA P&DF | Lafayette | LA |
New Orleans LA P&DC | New Orleans | LA |
Boston MA P&DC | Boston | MA |
Brockton MA P&DC | Brockton | MA |
Central Mass MA P&DC | Shrewsbury | MA |
Lowell MAÂ DDC | Lowell | MA |
Middlesex Essex MA P&DC | North Reading | MA |
Northwest Boston MA P&DF | Waltham | MA |
Wareham MA CSMPC | Wareham | MA |
Cumberland MD CSMPC | Cumberland | MD |
Eastern Shore MD P&DF | Easton | MD |
Suburban MD Annex | Gaithersburg | MD |
Waldorf MD CSMPC | Waldorf | MD |
Eastern Maine ME P&DF | Hampden | ME |
Detroit MI P&DC | Detroit | MI |
Iron Mountain MI P&DF | Iron Mountain | MI |
Jackson MI CSMPC | Jackson | MI |
Kalamazoo MI P&DC | Kalamazoo | MI |
Lansing MI P&DC | Lansing | MI |
Saginaw MI P&DC | Saginaw | MI |
Wheeler Street MI Annex | Saginaw | MI |
Bemidji MN CSMPC | Bemidji | MN |
Duluth MN P&DF | Duluth | MN |
Rochester MN P&DF | Rochester | MN |
St Cloud MN P&DF | Waite Park | MN |
Cape Girardeau MO P&DF | Cape Girardeau | MO |
Springfield MO P&DF | Springfield | MO |
Grenada MS CSMPC | Grenada | MS |
Gulfport MS P&DF | Gulfport | MS |
Hattiesburg MS CSMPC | Hattiesburg | MS |
Tupelo MS CSMPC | Tupelo | MS |
Helena MT CSMPC | Helena | MT |
Kalispell MT CSMPC | Kalispell | MT |
Missoula MT CSMPC | Missoula | MT |
Wolf Point MT CSMPC | Wolf Point | MT |
Asheville NC P&DF | Asheville | NC |
Fayetteville NC Annex | Fayetteville | NC |
Fayetteville NC P&DC | Fayetteville | NC |
Kinston NC Annex | Kinston | NC |
Kinston NC P&DF | Kinston | NC |
Rocky Mount NC P&DF | Rocky Mount | NC |
Devils Lake ND CSMPC | Devils Lake | ND |
Grand Forks ND CSMPC | Grand Forks | ND |
Minot ND CSMPC | Minot | ND |
Alliance NE CSMPC | Alliance | NE |
Grand Island NE P&DF | Grand Island | NE |
Norfolk NE P&DF | Norfolk | NE |
North Platte NE CSMPC | North Platte | NE |
Omaha NE Mail Consolidation Center Annex | Omaha | NE |
Manchester NH P&DC | Manchester | NH |
Nashua NH L&DC | Nashua | NH |
Jersey Shore DDC | Pleasantville | NJ |
Kilmer NJ P&DC | Edison | NJ |
Monmouth NJ P&DC | Eatontown | NJ |
New Jersey NJ L&DC | Kearny | NJ |
Northern NJ Metro P&DC | Teterboro | NJ |
South Jersey NJ P&DC | Bellmawr | NJ |
Alamogordo NM CSMPC | Alamogordo | NM |
Albuquerque NM ASF Annex | Albuquerque | NM |
Clovis NM CSMPC | Clovis | NM |
Farmington NM CSMPC | Farmington | NM |
Roswell NM CSMPC | Roswell | NM |
Socorro NM CSMPC | Socorro | NM |
Truth Or Cons NM CSMPC | Truth Or Consequences | NM |
Tucumcari NM CSMPC | Tucumcari | NM |
Elko NV CSMPC | Elko | NV |
Reno NV P&DC | Reno | NV |
Amsterdam NY CSMPC | Amsterdam | NY |
Binghamton NY CSMPC | Binghamton | NY |
Binghamton NY STC | Binghamton | NY |
Brooklyn NY P&DC | Brooklyn | NY |
Buffalo NY P&DC | Buffalo | NY |
Glens Falls NY CSMPC | Glens Falls | NY |
Mid Hudson NY P&DC | Newburgh | NY |
Mid-Island NY Annex | Melville | NY |
Monsey NYÂ DDC | Monsey | NY |
New York NY L&DC | Bethpage | NY |
Plattsburgh NY CSMPC | Plattsburgh | NY |
Queens NY P&DC | Flushing | NY |
Western Nassau NY P&DC | Garden City | NY |
Akron OH P&DC | Akron | OH |
Athens OH CSMPC | Athens | OH |
Canton OH P&DF | Canton | OH |
Chillicothe OH CSMPC | Chillicothe | OH |
Cincinnati OH P&DC | Cincinnati | OH |
Dayton OH P&DF | Dayton | OH |
Ironton OH CSMPC | Ironton | OH |
Steubenville OH CSMPC | Steubenville | OH |
Toledo OH P&DF | Toledo | OH |
Youngstown OH P&DF | Youngstown | OH |
Mcalester OK CSMPC | Mcalester | OK |
Poteau OK CSMPC | Poteau | OK |
Tulsa OK P&DC | Tulsa | OK |
Woodward OK CSMPC | Woodward | OK |
Bend OR CSMPC | Bend | OR |
Eugene OR P&DF | Springfield | OR |
Mount Hood ORÂ DDC | Mount Hood Parkdale | OR |
Pendleton OR CSMPC | Pendleton | OR |
Salem OR P&DF | Salem | OR |
Sunset ORÂ DDC | Hillsboro | OR |
Altoona PA P&DF | Duncansville | PA |
Erie PA P&DF | Erie | PA |
Greensburg PAÂ DDC | Greensburg | PA |
Horsham PAÂ DDC | Horsham | PA |
Lancaster PA P&DC | Lancaster | PA |
New Castle PA P&DF | New Castle | PA |
Pittsburgh PA Building II Annex | Pittsburgh | PA |
Reading PA P&DF | Reading | PA |
Scranton PA P&DF | Scranton | PA |
Southeastern PA P&DC | Southeastern | PA |
Williamsport PA P&DF | Williamsport | PA |
Catano DMDU PR Annex | Catano | PR |
Florence SC P&DF | Florence | SC |
Dakota Central SD P&DF | Huron | SD |
Rapid City SD P&DF | Rapid City | SD |
Chattanooga TN P&DC | Chattanooga | TN |
Clinton TN STC | Clinton | TN |
Jackson TN P&DF | Jackson | TN |
Jet Cove TN Annex | Memphis | TN |
Johnson City TN CSMPC | Johnson City | TN |
Abilene TX CSMPC | Abilene | TX |
Austin TX Annex | Austin | TX |
Beaumont TX P&DF | Beaumont | TX |
Bryan TX CSMPC | Bryan | TX |
Dallas TX P&DC | Dallas | TX |
East Texas TX P&DC | Tyler | TX |
Lufkin TX CSMPC | Lufkin | TX |
Mcallen TX P&DF | Mcallen | TX |
Waco TX Annex | Waco | TX |
Waco TX P&DF | Waco | TX |
Provo UT CSMPC | Provo | UT |
Lynchburg VA P&DF | Lynchburg | VA |
Norfolk VA Annex | Norfolk | VA |
Norfolk VA P&DC | Norfolk | VA |
Roanoke VA P&DC | Roanoke | VA |
Burlington VT P&DF | Essex Junction | VT |
White River Junction VT P&DC | White River Junction | VT |
Everett WA P&DF | Everett | WA |
Olympia WA P&DF | Tumwater | WA |
Pasco WA P&DF | Pasco | WA |
Seattle WA East DDC | Redmond | WA |
South Sound WA DDC | Fife | WA |
South WA DDC | Kent | WA |
Tacoma WA P&DC | Tacoma | WA |
Wenatchee WA CSMPC | Wenatchee | WA |
Eau Claire WI P&DF | Eau Claire | WI |
Kenosha WI CSMPC | Kenosha | WI |
La Crosse WI P&DF | La Crosse | WI |
Portage WI CSMPC | Portage | WI |
Wausau WI P&DF | Rothschild | WI |
Bluefield WV CSMPC | Bluefield | WV |
Clarksburg WV P&DF | Clarksburg | WV |
Parkersburg WV CSMPC | Parkersburg | WV |
Petersburg WV CSMPC | Petersburg | WV |
Rawlins WY CSMPC | Rawlins | WY |
Rock Springs WY CSMPC | Rock Springs | WY |
Wheatland WY CSMPC | Wheatland | WY |
I don't feel at all sorry for the US Postal Service. My parents had postal workers for friends in the 70s, and man, the wages & benefits they got- which were to last for the rest of their lives- were absolutely the FATEST & BIGGEST I'd ever heard of!!! It was insane to give such for life (see: automakers) and obviously the same result, unwise & unsustainable.
I'm not saying workers shouldn't be paid & treated great & get generous lifetime benefits. But make sure your company can actually DO it!!! Life is ALOT longer than you can imagine!!!
Your information about pay is not correct. My husband has worked for the post office for 26 years, I work full time and we have 3 teenagers. We live paycheck to paycheck.
your information is by your own account 40 years old... perhaps you should start living in the present and increase you present time knowledge?
Lee – If you and your spouse work fulltime, each, and you only have 3 teenagers, AND you are somehow living "paycheck to paycheck" – then you are doing it wrong. Do you own cable? How many cars do you own? How many cell phones do you own? How often do you eat out? Even McDonalds is more expensive than buying bulk and cooking at your own home. How often do you shop? Do you travel? I bet the answer to over half of these questions will give you the answer as to why you are "living paycheck to paycheck".
The USPS does a great job – there would always be some disgruntled people throwing muck at the USPS.
Welcome to Reality – My finances are none of your business. Trust me, there are no frills in my life. My point to DD was – you can get by on a post office employee salary (and trust me we appreciate it), but you certainly aren't gonna get rich. It's a misconception that many people have. Just a dose of reality for ya!
Mark my words the postal service will be obsolete within the next five years. Mail delivery will be ran by private companies like it is in most countries. This country needs to get out of the business of providing services to the masses. Other than defending the shores and keeping the interstates up and running for commerce our government has it's sticky fingers in to much stuff. Get rid of banking, train travel, delivering mail, providing energy and all the other misc crap they do our budget would be much leaner. Just the way I feel and vote!!!
More Americans out of work so that middle and high level managers can give themselves a raise. Every day, we take one step closer to the abyss. This Republic is positioned to fail in a very, very big way.
All postoffices in the Norwegian countryside have been closed and replaced with a Postoffice desk at a supermarket in each village. The local population was hesitant at first, but after a while you kind of get used to it. They offer the same services, are staffed by the the supermarket, and follows the supermarket opening hours, which means you can by stamps or pick up mail or packages late in the evening in may places. The same thing is happening to the banks. They barely give you any cash at the counter any more. They teach the elderly to use the ATM on the corner outside. (We stopped using checks more than 20 years ago). So I guess times are changing everywhere!
Now......I live in Brazil, IN............I would like to know why in the world the USPS would not close 4 other smaller post offices in dinky towns around us, Harmony, Knightsville, Carbon and Staunton Indiana??? We are the largest of these towns with a whopping 9,000 people. These others just have a couple hundred residents.
I hope the whole USPS goes under. It's been little more than "Advanced Unemployment" for the last 10 years. Quit wasting taxes on this old dinosaur and send all the lazy Union un-workers to the poverty line. They deserve it.
You are the face of the Tea Party: heartless, crude, and ignorant. The postal workers of the world appreciate your compassion, you pig!
Actually, he is giving you the cold hard truth. In time, even with the changes the USPS is proposing, it will not be profitable. They need to realize that the unions cannot keep their inflated benefits and pensions at the expense of the tax payers.
your ignorance fits your party. Taxes don't fund the postal service.
Not one tax penny has helped the USPS. Go buy a clue and come back..........
@WelcomeToReality The USPS is not funded by taxpayer dollars. It is fully funded through the sale of postage and services. Welcome to the REAL reality!
You know as well as I do that the moment this bloke is affected personally he'll be the first one to start screaming, "How come I can't mail a letter!!!? it's Obama's fault; he let this happen on his watch."
Union no fire contracts and unsustainable benefits need to be curtailed. It is time the unions of this country join the real "rank and file" and pony up for health care – and start and iRA and plan on social security.
Yeah, because ending the post office and knocking that many more people to the unemployment line is going to do wonders for the economy. You "Flea Party Express" are an idiot. My wife is a UNION carrier and works hard to earn her money. Wages are good (not great). Benefits are comparable to many private run businesses. Your tax money does not go to fund the Post Office. It is strictly run from the sales of stamps and services. Not even UPS or FedEx deliver door to door the way the USPS does and you can bet that their rates would skyrocket if the USPS fails. In fact, many times UPS/FedEx drop the packages off to USPS to deliver. USPS needs to trim the fat from the top down. Too much unworking management, not unworking Union members.
I agree... The new postal delivery service will be like a newspaper route... Private companies will hire people for half the price and still get the mail delivered just like your newspaper has been for the last 30 years. I moved several times all through the US and everywhere I go I have always had nice dedicated newspaper delivery people that got the job done even on holidays!!! Unlike all the federal holidays that the post office doesn't deliver. Half the mail I get is junk anyways so who cares about USPS.
Can you imagine what this will do to the Ebay industry? Bye, bye Ebay!!
I send all my ebay sales via UPS. Ebay will be fine.
If the Post Office is losing business because of Email...why not start their own email service? Have a low monthly fee that includes discounts on in Post Office mail items for shipping. Might be a good thing!
Why would anyone pay for email when they could get it for free on several different providers?
Poorly written as the intent of the article is clear but the writing is ambiguous. The heading is ..."the new face of the U.S. Post Office" then stated is:
The full list below in alphabetical order by state. But the list, I think, is of the closings, the new post office without the list!
The post office certainly should close some of the smaller locations. But I must say, the facilities in my state that they are considering closing are swamped. I think USPS management is incompetant. That is one of the big problems. Some of the post offices they are wanting to shut down here are so busy their employees are asked to work days off and much overtime to handle all of the volume. I don't see why they are being considered for closure when clearly they aren't hurting for business. Another thing killing the USPS is the fact that congress has mandated that they fund all employees retirement 70 years in advance. They have almost enough money in reserve for this fund to put them in the black. And if congress would do away with the mandate then the USPS would likely be able to stay in the black with few cuts.
This is the best comment I've seen on here so far. Thank you for having a level head on your shoulders. My mother-in-law is a postal worker and I'm seriously concerned about her losing her job. Her location is on this list.
Well stated Realtalker. Well stated
Shut them all down. The postal service needs to go back to its roots of one in each small town and two in larger cities. Charge $1 for a letter to be mailed and stop junk mail.
All they deliver is junk mail and catalogs, most people these days have auto pay for bills or pay bills on-line anyway. If they want to stay in business reach deep and buy out ups or fed-ex.
Yes, the post office is still necessary, but even moreso, did y'all read the part where 10's of thousands jobs will be cut! That is not the kind of news we need right now! This is a sign of the times & growing pains are part of any drastic change, but what are we gonna do with thousands more unemployed!? Obama is at least trying to shore up the flood with his Jobs Acts, but unemployment keeps bleeding through & the GOP-TP are still arrogantly only thinking of themselves & getting Obama out of office! They should be rolling up their sleeves, throw partisan politic to the curb for the moment & help us get our country back on its feet! This is an emergency, but since they're all still very comfortable they don't seem to understand what we're talking about!!
If the USPS goes under, several hundred thousand jobs in related industries will be lost as well. It is short-sighted indeed to advocate for its dissolution. Bulk mail processors, the paper industry, truck manufacturers, airlines - all will suffer collateral damage if the USPS fails, and that collateral damage will be manifested by a reduction in the work force.
The information I am going to tell you is true. First of all, the post office is not funded by your tax money. It is funded by stamp sales. If we privatize the post office, do you really think your mail will be safe being handled by grocery store clerks making just over minimum wage? Probably not...anyway...sure the mail volumn is down but we have cut considerable jobs through retirement and other means. But the true financial reason is the pre-funding of retirement plans for the next 75 years!! This was a demand from congress that is truly impossible!!! But we did it which put us further in debt. Then when it was discovered that we overfunded this plan, the big government took the billions of dollars and applied it to help their deficit. That is so corrupt and something they dont want you to know. You people have to fight for your post offices to stay in business. Don't let congress take control of everything!!! If all these jobs are lost it will affect more than you realize. Its not just a job, it will add to unemployment, the stock market, etc.
Naive the billion dollar deficits are funded by taxpayer money - there aren;t enough stamps on the planet to save this monstrosity. The USPS has 250,000 union employees doing NOTHING but they cannot be fired due to the union contract.
@Larry. How can you lump all Union workers together as doing nothing. Come talk to my wife about doing nothing after she comes home from delivering after a snowstorm until well after dark, or driving around in 110 degree weather with no A/C. Don't group everyone. She chose this job and she enjoys it on most days. She works hard and helps provide for our family. FYI speaks the truth. Government is always taking money that doesn't belong to them and using it. The USPS could survive had it not been for greedy politicians. Blame them, not the USPS UNION WORKERS.
The USPS needs to cut more. We have a post office in our village; we have a second one exact;ly 1/2 mile away – ludicrous duplication
not for long