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• USPS Cuts Saturday Mail, Public Supports Move Play Video

  February 7, 2013 12:58 PM

  The U.S. Postal Service is drowning in red ink. To try and save $2 billion a year, they will end a 150 year old service: Saturday mail delivery. The USPS has threatened the cut for a while, in an effort to offset those dwindling revenues. And while the cut... more »

• Rural Post Offices to remain open

  May 10, 2012 6:44 AM

  The United States Postal Office plans not to close as many as 3,700 low-revenue post offices. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says the agency will maintain a part-time post-office presence in rural areas, with access to retail lobbies and post office boxes. With a new plan, no post office... more »

• Fort Carson gets new top commander

  November 16, 2011 6:49 AM

  Fort Carson is getting a new top commander as Maj. Gen. David Perkins formally says goodbye and takes a new assignment at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson will succeed Perkins in a ceremony today at the Mountain Post. Like Perkins, Anderson will command the 4th Infantry... more »

• Motorist detained at Fort Carson

  November 8, 2010 5:48 PM

  Fort Carson security workers reported a vehicle attempted to get into the base through an entrance near Butts Field Monday afternoon without stopping at the checkpoint. Workers were able to stop the vehicle later and apprehend the driver. As a precaution they closed all the gates into Fort Carson.... more »

• Pueblo postal worker indicted for embezzlement

  July 29, 2010 7:17 PM

  Another postal worker in Pueblo is in hot water. Gil Trujillo has been indicted by a U.S. federal court for embezzlement of funds. That's according to Al Desarro, Public Information Officer for the Unites States Postal Service's western region. According to Desarro, Trujillo has worked at the main post office... more »

• Post office bites back against dog bites

  May 13, 2010 4:40 PM

  Dogs of the world: Please stop biting mail carriers. The U.S. Postal Service is launching its annual dog bite prevention week to try and reduce the 2,863 letter carriers bitten last year. "My dog doesn't bite," is what mail carriers hear all the time, postal officials say. But... more »

• Etiquette expert Elizabeth Post dies

  April 27, 2010 11:58 AM

  Elizabeth Post, who wrote more than a dozen books on etiquette and was spokeswoman for the Emily Post Institutein Vermont, has died. Post's daughter-in-law, Peggy Post, says the the 89-year-old died on Saturday in Naples, Florida. Elizabeth Post became the spokeswoman for the Emily Post Institute in 1965 and... more »

• Senate candidate acknowledges doctored campaign photo

  April 16, 2010 12:14 PM

  A Democrat who has acknowledged doctoring a photo on his campaign Web site to add black and Latino faces nearer the candidate is keeping the picture. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff's campaign has acknowledged changing a photo on his Web site that adds a black woman and two Latino faces... more »

• Post Office hours for Tax Day

  April 15, 2010 10:56 AM

  Most Post Offices in Colorado will not be open late on Tax Day this Thursday, though most will offer mail drop off service until midnight. In Pueblo, however, the main Post Office will close at 6 p.m. The Denver Downtown Main Post Office at 20th and Curtis and the... more »

• Pueblo post offices won't be open late on Tax Day

  April 12, 2010 4:40 PM

  Most Post Offices in Colorado will not be open late on Tax Day this Thursday, though most will offer mail drop off service until midnight. In Pueblo, however, the main Post Office will close at 6 p.m. The Denver Downtown Main Post Office at 20th and Curtis and the... more »

• Another Pueblo postal worker under investigation

  March 23, 2010 12:10 PM

  Long time postal employee Gil Trujillo is under investigation for misusing postal funds. Trujillo has worked at the Pueblo Post Office for 26 years. He is the president of the local postal union, and is also a current member of the Pueblo Library Board of Trustees. Pueblo Postmaster Bob... more »

• Pueblo postal workers prosecuted for mail theft

  March 9, 2010 1:27 PM

  Three postal workers in Pueblo who were caught stealing money from mail are being punished. According to the USPS Office of Inspector General the employees have been prosecuted. The Inspector General says on December 21, 2009 Nathan Valdez pled guilty to mail theft by an employee. Valdez is scheduled to... more »

• Three postal workers steal cash, gift cards in Pueblo

  March 8, 2010 7:28 PM

  Three post office workers in Pueblo were busted for stealing thousands of dollars from the mail. According to the Pueblo Chieftain, the workers admitted to opening close to three dozen letters and stealing nearly $5,000 in cash and gift cards. The three postal workers were caught and are being punished.... more »