USPS suspends services in these places, with immediate effect
The agency has just closed post offices in two different states.
Many of us have to take time out of our already loaded schedules each time we have to go to post Office . So imagine how frustrating it would be if when you finally find a moment of your day to deposit mail, all the doors are locked and the lights are extinguished during regular hours. But sometimes the American postal service (USPS) has no choice but to close your post offices if certain circumstances, such as security risks or dangerous weather conditions, arise. In fact, postal customers in two different places are currently experiencing this unhappy situation. Read the rest to find out where exactly the USPS is currently suspending the services.
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The USPS has just suspended services in a post office at New Mexico.
When disturbances force the USPS to change its normal operations, the agency generally allows customers to know Service alert website . With this online tool, you can find "current and frequently updated information to find out if the mail is delivered in your neighborhood or your local post office is open", depending on the postal service.
THE Last update On the agency's service alerts website indicates that new problems are now affecting postal customers in a state: New Mexico. From today, the Tularosa post office in Tularosa, in New Mexico, is "temporarily closed", the USPS announced in its new alert.
It is not clear why this installation was closed.
The postal service has provided no information on the reason why the Tularosa post office was closed. But an article on the Facebook page of the city community " Make a Tularosa difference "Can help shed light on what caused it. When a person in the group asked why the establishment was closed, another responded with what they knew:" From what we are said [it was a dangerous spill, "resident Tularosa Christina Maria written in a comment. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Better life Contacted the USPS to see if this will confirm the reasoning for this closure, and we will update this story with their answer.
The agency included information on what people should do for their postal needs when closing the Tularosa post office in its alert. "Country mail will be available and retail services offered at the Alamogordo post office," said the USPS. The two facilities seem to be just over 13 miles from each other.
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The agency also closed another post office.
Postal customers in New Mexico are not the only ones to solve new problems at the moment. In a June 4 Press release , the USPS revealed that it would close an installation in Pikeville, Kentucky. The main Pikeville post office was closed by the agency the next day on June 5 - and according to the postal service, the establishment will remain closed to the public "until further notice".
"Customers can access all retail transactions and take the mail from Po Box at the downtown post office," said the USPS. This installation is also located in the city of Pikeville, about eight kilometers from the main Pikeville post office.
The installation of Pikeville is faced with construction problems.
The postal service said it was forced to close the main Pikeville post office after the officials ordered that the building in which it is located. The evacuation decision was taken "due to structural problems," the USPS added in its press release.
When Better life Contacted the agency to find out more about the specific problems affecting the building, a USPS spokesperson said that he had "no additional information" to add for the moment. But the officials of the Pikeville police service confirmed that on June 3, the The roof partially collapsed At the Pikeville Commons apartments complex where the Pikeville main post office is located, Wymt Local CBS-Affiliate reported.
According to the media, the cause of collapse is not clear, but postal installation will remain closed during repairs. "We know that there was a storm at the time earlier which may have played a factor, as far as this is concerned", " Nicolas Flaming , the information manager of the Pikeville fire service told Wymt. "But with regard to real collapse, it is very minor for what we could say. It's just part of the roof, so I suspect that the repairs will be carried out fairly quickly."
