An Alaska senator says the U.S. Postal Service is resuming a program allowing volunteers to respond to letters sent to Santa Claus in care of the North Pole, Alaska, post office. ...more

November 20, 2009

The Internal Revenue Service has $42,268 in refund checks ready to give to 30 Hernando County taxpayers. ...more

November 7, 2009

They are due refunds totaling $42,268. ...more

November 6, 2009

Wait a minute, Mr. Postman. That's all Philip Fortuna could think as he opened his mail Wednesday morning and saw the contents of a package sent to his Pinellas Park home from the U.S. Postal Service. ...more

October 30, 2009

It's a fact: the U.S. Postal Service is a troubled business, and it's downsizing. ...more

October 29, 2009

Outside the window of American Weight Loss at Spring Hill Plaza is a red poster-size sign that says: "Save Our Spring Hill Post Office" and invites people inside to sign a petition. ...more

October 21, 2009

A former Dade City letter carrier has admitted to stealing mail. Lisa Lapham, who worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a rural carrier associate for about five years, stole five envelopes containing Wal-Mart gift cards, which she used to make purchases at the discount retailer, according to a plea agreement Lapham signed. ...more

July 31, 2009

Official versus real holidays have you confused? Just to add to that confusion, here's the deal on mail delivery and post office operations this weekend. ...more

July 3, 2009

Last Friday the U.S. Labor Department announced that nearly 540,000 Americans lost their jobs in April. As bad as that sounds, last month's jobless total was less than most economists had predicted. In fact, it was the lowest increase in joblessness in 14 months. Of late there have been a few other signs that the economy may not be recovering yet but its rate of decline has begun to slow. ...more

May 13, 2009

Concerned about the possible closing of the downtown post office, resident June Ambrose had a suggestion for cIty commissioners: Make some City Hall space available for a satellite post office. ...more

March 31, 2009