Oregon Post Office Locations Change

February 24, 2012

By Sharon Ko and Jessica Cox

MEDFORD, Ore. -- The Medford post office is moving its location to the former Dollar GMC showroom on south Riverside Avenue.

Earlier this year, Jackson County bought the federal office building that housed the current post office in downtown. Over at the new building, construction crews have already begun tearing down the walls, ceiling and floors.

Crews say the postal office plans to make its move to the new building around Memorial Weekend. Also, the U.S. Postal Service says processing operations done in Eureka, California will be moved to Medford. By consolidating, it could save the service close to 2 million dollars.

As Medford's distributing center prepares for more deliveries, the United State Postal Service says it plans to close four mail-sorting centers in Oregon.

The agency announced it will close processing and distribution facilities in Salem, Eugene, Bend and Pendleton and move operations to a facility in Portland. Letters mailed across those towns will now take two days instead of one, but longer distance deliveries will still be made in three days.

164 jobs will be eliminated from the Oregon closures, saving the agency nearly 13 million dollars. Due to a 25% drop in first class mail, the postal service is closing more than 260 processing centers nationwide, which is projected to eliminate 35,000 jobs.

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Oregon Post Office Locations Change