Some Tyler residents shared their experience regarding certain mail carriers ignoring their outgoing mail--even when their "flag was up" on the mailbox.
If it takes three days for a letter to reach your mailbox now, starting on October 1 it may take five days for the same letter to get where it's going. The Treasure Valley is in an area that will be the most negatively impacted by the new slowdowns. Great!
With this new free service, the post office will send black and white pictures of the mail that's coming to you that day. It's been tested in big cities, and the expansion includes Tyler and Longview, and all of East Texas.