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Tuesday, December 13, 2011  Save our mail service! That's the message local postal workers want to get across Monday.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011  Hundreds of people rallied outside the Colorado Springs City Hall to save the U.S. Postal Service.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  Mark Talbott is the 34th postmaster in Denver history, dating back to 1859. Other Denver postmasters have included Colorado mining magnate Horace A. W. Tabor and Benjamin Stapleton, who was Denver mayor.

Monday, April 05, 2010  Most Colorado Post Offices will offer regular customer service hours and collections that day. But Colorado residents will still have a choice of 35 locations to drop off those tax mail returns later than usual on April 15.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010  A newsletter intended to be mailed out early this month by the Family Research Institute is flagged by the U.S. Postal Service for mail violations including "lewd or filthy matter" and "matter inciting violence."

Monday, December 14, 2009  Monday was the busiest day of the year for the U.S. Postal Service. Gearing up for the last-minute holiday mailing rush, local post offices in Colorado Springs handled two to three times more customers than normal.

Thursday, December 10, 2009  Postal workers and volunteers will be on hand to assist wounded warrior soldiers and their families with their gift wrapping, holiday cards and package mailing to their loved ones overseas and throughout the U.S.

Friday, December 04, 2009  Deadline for package mailing to Iraq and Afghanistan in time for Christmas arrival, and "The Beautiful City," a play about the Evangelical Christian movement in Colorado Springs and the U.S.

Monday, November 30, 2009  Letters to Santa should be mailed no later than Dec. 15. The public can also come to the Pioneers Museum at 217 S. Tejon St. on Saturday, Dec. 5 where post office workers will have a table from 9 a.m  to 3 p.m. with a special mail box for Santa letters only, to speed children's letters directly to Santa at his workshop.

Thursday, December 18, 2008  A police bomb squad was called in to investigate after a customer spotted the package was found at the Montebello Drive postal facility about 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008  The Dec. 11 deadline also applies to mailing to most U.S. military overseas APO/FPO locations except for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the deadline was Dec. 4.

Monday, November 10, 2008  Holiday mail for our U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan should be sent by Dec. 4 for arrival by Christmas. Holiday mail going to other military overseas APO/FPO locations should be sent by Dec. 11.