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'You've got the perfect storm ... of volume, pandemic and the weather' BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Shipment centers in Central Oregon are noticing large backups in deliveries of packages and letters. Peter Pierce, the owner of Postal Connections in east Bend, said the inconsistency of package arrival has gotten overwhelming. "It's been a record volume that we've never seen before," Pierce said Friday. Pierce pointed to the state's and nation's winter storms as a key reason for delays. "With the weather we've had, locally and nationally, it's slowed everything down,” Pierce said. He also notes t...