Two Area Post Offices May Close

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Losing money at the rate of $8 billion a year, the postal service is now considering closing more than one out of ten post offices, including a couple in East Texas. Over 3500 facilities are on the review list; those include the ones in Cuney, in Cherokee County, and Sacul, in Nacogdoches County. The government recently announced that the post office in Easton, which straddles the Gregg-Rusk County line, will be shutting its doors. The U.S. Mail has taken a huge hit financially as much of its first-class service has moved to the Internet. Along with closings, also being considered are doing away with Saturday deliveries and some method of reducing the $5.5 billion USPS puts into a retiree medical fund each year.