A San Francisco company is taking paperless to the next level, converting all conventional mail and sending it to your smartphone or tablet.

IPSWICH, SD -

It could be months before the U.S. Postal Service reopens the post office building in a northeast South Dakota town.

The USPS has been offering service in Ipswich through temporary means since a problem with its rental building made it a safety hazard. During open hours, you’ll find a line of people outside a post office on wheels in the town.

"It’s unusual," Beverly Kilber said. "But it’s better than driving 50 miles to get our mail."

That’s what people with a post office box were first doing after the post office closed its doors and they had to drive to Aberdeen. A leaking roof and other damage lead to the closure. The USPS sent the mobile unit to town earlier this month.

Read more: KELOLAND.com | Post Office Problems.

Inside those packages, birthday cards and bills, college applications, letters to loved ones and illegal drugs. Those drugs end up in our community.

It doesn’t want to be a drug courier, but it happens. The U.S. Postal Service is seeing an increase in the number of people trying to mail illegal drugs. But there’s also an increase in the number of people being caught too. From 2006 to 2011, nationwide there was a 371% jump in the number of people sending packages with illegal drugs inside.

News10NBC’s Janet Lomax sat down with a man whose job is to catch these criminals. She wanted to know how many of them are trying to use the U.S. Mail to deliver drugs in our area.

Read more: Mailing illegal drugs | www.WHEC.com.

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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A United States Postal Service transportation vehicle caught fire along Highway 74/76 in Columbus County, damaging and destroying some mail.

The driver reported that there was an engine fire Wednesday night, while he was transporting mail collected from two offices in Leland.

Officials said the truck had collected mail from the Leland Post Office and a contract postal unit in Leland. Customers who sent letter mail and/or packages from either postal location in Leland, NC are being asked to contact the Consumer Affairs Office at 704-424-4422.

Read more: Mail damaged, destroyed when postal truck catches fire – WECT TV6-WECT.com:News, weather & sports Wilmington, NC.

Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois

Nadine O’Brien’s dream job cost her two knees and three years of pain.

Arthritis set in after 30 years of walking mail routes on uneven sidewalks and porch stairs. Still, that pain never stifled her smile or her good attitude as she delivered mail to her customers. She enjoys bringing them Christmas presents in December. She passes out post-holiday credit card bills as cheerfully as she can in January.

O’Brien, 52, considers the regulars on her route an extended part of her family. Those patrons — and her eagerness to work — have encouraged her as she’s recovered from a double-knee replacement.

Read more: Knee replacements – Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports.

From Save the Berkeley Post Office via Youtube:

Across the country, over 3700 post offices are at the risk of closure, including many historic buildings with New Deal public art.

George W. Bush signed legislation in 2006 that destroyed the financial stability of the Postal Service and laid the groundwork for its privatization. The Post Office is being required to pay its pension fund 75 years in advance, which needs to be stopped. Without this requirement, the post office is actually making a profit.

C.B. Richard Ellis (CBRE) chaired by Richard Blum has an exclusive contract to sell USPS properties. Billionaire Blum is a UC regent and is married to Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Sign an online petition at: http://www.savethepostoffice.com

We are in immediate need of legal fees to stop the imminent sale of the Berkeley Post Office.

Please click on the link below and donate what you can. GO TO http://www.nationalpostofficecollabor… then click on DONATE OR MAIL A CHECK TO: National Post Office Collaborate P.O. Box 1234, Berkeley, CA 94701 Save the Berkeley Post Office Committee EMail: savetheberkeleypostoffice@gmail.com WEB:
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Freddie Gorman (April 11, 1939 — June 13, 2006), who wrote the original lyric to “Please Mr. Postman”, was a retired letter carrier in Detroit MI both before and after the hit song.

Post Office Graphic in the video is the work of Jos Sances and Art Hazelwood.

YOUNGTOWN, Ariz. -A campaign by the post office to fight hunger may have accidentally led to a bomb scare in Youngtown.Someone thought they spotted a suspicious package at the post office near 111th Avenue and Peoria.The discovery was made around 11:20 a.m. on Sunday.

Read more: Food donation mistaken as suspicious package at post office.

JACKSON, MI – A German Shepard barked and snarled at a mail carrier before lunging at him.

This dog wasn’t a danger to the carrier — but rather part of a training exercise to show carriers how to protect themselves if attacked.

Almost every United States Postal mail carrier in Jackson has been bitten by a dog while on the job, members of the United States Postal Serivce safety committee say.

Read more: When dogs attack: Jackson mail carriers learn what to do when encountering dangerous dogs | MLive.com.

May 3 Bloomberg — U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe talks about the Postal Service’s projected loss, challenges and the need for legislation in Congress to help the agency cut costs. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s "Conversations With Judy Woodruff." Source: Bloomberg

Read more: U.S. Postmaster General Donahoe: Judy Woodruff – Businessweek.

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SILVER SPRING, Md. -A postal worker taking a walk on her lunch break was sexually assaulted Thursday afternoon just after 2:30.

Montgomery County Police responded to the U.S. Post Office located at 110 University Boulevard W. in Silver Spring for a report of a sexual assault.

The 21-year-old postal employee was walking in the neighborhood behind the post office when approached by a man with a knife. Police say he forced the woman into the backyard of a house nearby where he sexually assaulted the victim.

Read more: Postal worker sexually assaulted near Silver Spring post office – DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTG.