Mighty Tieton: USPS nixes Kickstarter-funded “coolest post office in America”

  Mighty Tieton: USPS nixes Kickstarter-funded “coolest post office in America”

"...Last winter an energetic team of Tieton entrepreneurs and artists offered to replace the rotting siding fronting the local post office with a gorgeous $48,000 façade for the ages, in perdurable glass-tile mosaic. It would be what the project’s prime mover, publisher and artisan-business impresario Ed Marquand, calls “the crown jewel” in a series of glass-mosaic signworks – co-funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and created right there in Tieton..."

Reference: crosscut.com  

Lack of properly trained cybersecurity workers left USPS vulnerable to 2014 cyber attack

  IG: Lack of cybersecurity staff, technology left USPS vulnerable to 2014 attack

"...A lack of properly trained cybersecurity workers and a comprehensive cyber strategy were major reasons why the U.S. Postal Service experienced a data breach late last year, a new report found...."

Reference: www.fiercegovernmentit.com  

Alabama Mail Carrier Rescues Injured Man Trapped for 10 Days

  Alabama Mail Carrier Rescues Injured Man Trapped for 10 Days

"...Cissy Cartwright, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Postal Service in Hope Hull, thought it was unlike Tommy Hope, 66, to not check his mailbox for several days, Post Master Sherry Hughes said..."

Reference: www.nbcnews.com  

Tractor trailer hauling mail overturns in Alabama

  U.S. Postal Service truck overturns in Talladega County

"...TALLADEGA COUNTY, Ala. — A U.S. Postal Service truck overturned this morning, losing its load and tying up traffic. The accident happened on I-20 westbound between the Eastaboga and Lincoln exits..."

Reference: www.wvtm13.com