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Smaller towns adjusting to post office changes

By Washington Examiner
Published April 27, 2014 11:12pm ET
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Smaller towns adjusting to post office changes
Heath Mallory, general manager of Western Iowa Telephone, stands outside the post office in Lawton, Iowa, Thursday April 24, 2014. With post office closing at 2 p.m. on weekdays Mallory says it is harder to get mailings out before closing. (AP Photo/The Sioux City Journal, Tim Hynds) | Tim Hynds

LAWTON, Iowa (AP) — Small-town residents across Iowa and Nebraska are adjusting to their local post offices’ reduced hours of business, with some open just four hours a day.

The U.S. Postal Service has reduced hours at more than 7,000 post offices nationwide and consolidated 143 mail processing centers to reduce costs as it tries to balance its budget, the Sioux City Journal reported (http://bit.ly/1nSyxLa ).

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