Postal Service to Consolidate E. Texas Facilities

LONGVIEW (AP) � A newspaper report says that the U.S. Postal Service will close its processing and distribution center in Lufkin and consolidate those operations in Tyler. The Longview News-Journal reported Friday that Postal Service spokesman McKinney Boyd told a group of 21 residents in Easton that he planned to announce the consolidation to Lufkin officials next week. The post office in Easton faces possible closure.

Boyd said the Postal Service is losing $23 million a day, as Americans turn to texting, e-mail and social media sites to communicate rather than written mail. Lufkin Mayor Jack Gorden questioned the cost savings of closing the Lufkin plant, which employs about 40 people.