Thursday, February 23, 2012

Postal Service Announces Kentucky Closings

  • {Washington, D.C.}...The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday it is closing eight mail processing centers around Kentucky. The Postal Service says centers in Bowling Green, Campton, Elizabethtown, Hazard, Lexington, London, Paducah and Somerset would close. Mail processed at those centers will now be processed at facilities in other cities. The announcement comes after five months of study as officials with the U.S. Postal Service look to cut spending across the nation. Postal officials say they need to cut $20 billion dollars by 2015 in order to stay profitable.