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Got packages? Meeker P.O. tackles challenges facing USPS nationwide

It’s a pre-Christmas Saturday in December at 6:30 a.m., and Postmaster Beth Fox has been on the job since 6 a.m.

The work day has barely begun and already two postal workers are busy tearing cellophane off a loaded Amazon container. With scanners in hand, workers begin sorting packages into zones. Regular parcel post items have already been scanned and sorted. This is the first phase of the process. Packages will be sorted again for…