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Saturday is your opportunity to offer cookies, a bottle of water or perhaps a thank-you note to your local mail carrier. Its National Postal Worker Day in New Mexico and across the nation. The day acknowledges letter carriers, but also the clerks, maintenance people and those who sort mail and often drive it long distances between facilities. ...

This Saturday is National Postal Worker Day, celebrated annually to show appreciation for postal workers in Tennessee and across the country. The U.S. Postal Service delivers mail and packages to nearly 165 million addresses across the nation, including every home and business in Tennessee. ...

Saturday is National Postal Workers Day, a celebration of the effort it takes to deliver mail across the country. One of the top concerns for workers in the field is understaffing. Joe Cogan, president of the Portland local of the American Postal Workers Union, said post office workers are struggling to keep up with fewer colleagues. ...

Concerns about loneliness among older people arent going away. But an annual grant program for community-level projects could bring more Minnesotans, young and old, together. Groups such as AARP have said a growing body of research links being alone with negative health outcomes. ...

A Pennsylvania work-based job training program is helping the states 3.4 million seniors overcome challenges to finding work. Francis McKenna, senior director of training and employment for PathStone Corporation, said they offer job training through the Senior Community Service Employment Program to help low-income people age 55 and older enhance their work skills. He acknowledged the low minimum wage is a barrier. ...

This Saturday is National Postal Worker Day and Postage Stamp Day, a time to appreciate the effort it takes to process millions of packages and letters a month. It is not just the letter carriers, but also the clerks, the maintenance people, the people who help sort mail and drive it between facilities. Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, explained the work behind the scenes. ...

After a company known as Solar Titan USA was recently banned from doing business in Kentucky, advocacy groups are working to raise awareness of the signs of solar fraud. Hundreds of consumers were duped into making thousands of dollars in payments for solar panels which were improperly installed, took months to install, or did not deliver on the companys promises, according to the Attorney Generals office. Lowell Wagner, a resident of Jackson County, saw an online ad for Solar Titan. ...

AARP Virginia is sponsoring a town hall at 5:30 p.m. at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia in Richmond about Social Security, one part in a series of town halls called "Social Security: Here Today, Here Tomorrow; Securing a Financial Future Within the Black Community." They will detail the programs future and its importance to the Black community. Max Richtman, president and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, said So...

Legislation that eliminates the residency requirement for Oregons aid-in-dying law is awaiting the governors signature. House Bill 2279 repeals the requirement that people utilizing the states Death with Dignity Act must be Oregon residents. Callie Riley is the Northwest regional advocacy manager for Compassion & Choices. ...

June is national safety month and workplace injuries are an important focus. What is considered a workplace injury is broader than many workers may understand. Lee Thomas, an attorney and board member of Washington State Association for Justice, said the state is unique in that it considers the wear and tear of work over time as an injury. ...