The U.S. Postal Service reports that one of their mail trucks, a semi, caught fire on the Seward Highway on Tuesday morning, the contents of the trailer with mail is reported to be a total loss. The semi was hauling mail and packages to the west side of the Kenai Peninsula when it caught fire […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Con artists don’t necessarily need technology to try to dupe consumers. Well before texts and email, there was “snail mail,” and scammers continue to churn out deceptive mail pieces. As consumer protection advocates observe National Consumer Protection Week, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor today warned consumers about the potential for mail scams. Deceitful […]
“If the vehicles weighed just one pound less, they wouldn’t be permitted on American roads because they pollute too much.” Did the U.S. Postal Service purposely calculate the weight of its new delivery vehicles at 8,501 pounds so as to skirt anti-pollution regulations by a single pound? Watchdogs are leveling that charge after the Environmental Protection […]
“Millions of Americans depend on the mail every day,” said Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. “One political appointee does not get to decide the fate of the Postal Service.” Twenty state Attorneys General on Friday filed a joint complaint in an effort to block changes to the U.S. Postal Service enacted last week by Postmaster […]