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Roanoke mail processing center will stay open, for now
WDBJ7 ReporterThe U.S. Postal Service"delivered" some good news Thursday. WDBJ7 has confirmed Roanoke's mail processing center will stay open, at least for now. As we first reported Thursday afternoon, the postal service announced it won't close or consolidate...Tags: Government Postal Delivery, Corporate Officers, Mail Order Industry, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Job Layoffs
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Lynchburg mail carrier recognized for 50 years of service
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA Lynchburg man is celebrating 50 years in the same job. When Sanford Ferguson started carrying mail in 1962,John F. Kennedywas president and a gallon of gas cost 31 cents. Five decades later, he's still delivering packages and letters on a route in...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Ceremonies, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), John F. Kennedy
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Rural Montgomery County residents happy their post office is staying open
The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday, that thousands of small post offices won't have to close to save money, but there will be changes. From the tiny McCoy post office, 11 miles west of Blacksburg in Montgomery County, we heard reaction to...
Tags: Government Postal Delivery, Mail Order Industry, Blacksburg, Financial and Business Services
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Investigators probe community for mail thieves in Halifax County
WDBJ7 ReporterInvestigators in Halifax County are continuing their search for whoever stole more than 500 pieces of mail. Tonight the Postal Service has raised an award for information to $5,000. The South Boston postmaster send us these pictures of what neighbors...Tags: Theft, Government Postal Delivery, Mail Order Industry, Verizon Communications
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Tim Conrad: I'm running for U.S. Senate seat in Virginia
The father of a Roanoke County soldier killed last month in Afghanistan over the burning of the Quran has launched a campaign to run as an independent candidate for theU.S. Senate seat in Virginia.
Tim Conrad is in the process of filing the necessary...Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Afghanistan, American Civil Liberties Union, Jim Webb, Rentals
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WDBJ7 learns Roanoke mail processing center plans to close
ReporterTheU.S. Postal Servicewill close the Roanoke's mail sorting center. Postal officials met with employees earlier Wednesday evening. Several union representatives with knowledge tells WDBJ7 the mail sorting plant in Roanoke is closing but we haven't...Tags: Mail Order Industry
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U.S. Postal Service confirms that Roanoke and Lynchburg sorting facilities to close
ReporterThe U.S. Postal Servicehas officially announced that the Lynchburg and Roanoke mail sorting facilities will close. Operations for both facilities will be moved to Greensboro, N.C. The Postal Service says it has experienced a 25 percent decline in first-...Tags: Government Postal Delivery, Credit and Debt, Mail Order Industry, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Postal Service to delay cutbacks until mid-May
Associated PressThe U.S. Postal Service has agreed to delay the closing of 252 mail processing centers and 3,700 local post offices until mid-May. The cash-strapped agency, which is forecast to lose a record $14.1 billion next year, announced last week it was moving...Tags: U.S. Senate, Mail Order Industry, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Democratic Party
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Do you prefer a Christmas card or an e-card?
ReporterYou could call it a sign of the times. These days, you may be getting more Christmas cards in your inbox rather than your mailbox. It's all because e-cards have become quite popular. Most people we talked to say they still prefer getting a Christmas...Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays, Electronics
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U.S. Postal Service one step closer to making drastic changes to your mail
ReporterThe U.S. Postal Service is hoping to "stamp" out a major problem to avoid bankruptcy. In September, the Postal Service proposed drastically changing first class mail. Monday, it officially asked the Postal Regulatory Commission for the ok. If approved,...Tags: Government Postal Delivery, Mail Order Industry, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Chili and Fudge on the Weekend Diner
Eric’s Chili Recipe by: Joni Underwood
2-16 oz cans Light Red Kidney Beans
2- 16 oz cans Dark Red Kidney Beans
2- 16 oz cans Pinto Beans
1 lb ground beef- browned & drained
1 Green Pepper- chopped
2- 16 oz cans of diced tomatoes
2-...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Tomatoes, Kidney Beans, Chili, Butter
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Man arrested for shooting at a dump truck
A man is in jail after police say he shot at a dump truck in Pulaski.
Witnesses say Timothy Thompson shot into the truck Thursday morning on 1st Street in front of Virginia Church Furniture.
Police later caught him at the Dublin post office.
They found...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Shootings, Religion and Belief, Trials
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