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If it takes three days for a letter to reach your mailbox now, starting on October 1 it may take five days for the same letter to get where it's going. The Treasure Valley is in an area that will be the most negatively impacted by the new slowdowns. Great!

The Postmaster General has announced plans to slow mail delivery standards and cut hours at some post offices as part of a 10-year strategy to stabilize the struggling agency.

With the stress of the holidays upon us, don't let these important shipping deadlines pass you by.

It's still a good idea to wash your hands afterward.

The Internal Revenue Service has launched an online tool for non-filers, or people that don't normally file taxes, to register quickly and receive stimulus checks.

According to financial experts, we have a short answer to a big question; yes, social security and disability recipients will receive stimulus checks.

Mail should begin to appear in East Texas mailboxes starting August 13.

The family mailbox was this cow's buffet!

Yesterday, I went to check our mailbox looking for something special. Our wedding photographer had mailed us a USB of our wedding photos.

With this new free service, the post office will send black and white pictures of the mail that's coming to you that day.  It's been tested in big cities, and the expansion includes Tyler and Longview, and all of East Texas.

It's essentially part of the job description for a mail delivery person to deal with protective dogs, but I don't think cats are usually expected to cause any trouble with the mail.

The four-month-old Schnauzer-poodle mix named Guess was put in a cardboard box with no food, water nor air holes and was nearly mailed to Georgia last month before it was caught by postal workers. Postal authorities predicted that the dog would have died from suffocation or exposure due to the press…