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Union Official: USPS To Close Roanoke Mail Center

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The U.S. Postal Service will close its Roanoke mail-processing facility, a union representative said tonight.

Lisa Kirkwood, chief steward for American Postal Workers Union Local 482, told media outlets that Postal Service officials informed workers Wednesday that the facility will close later this year. The center employs about 500 people.

Letters and packages will be sent instead to Greensboro, N.C., to be processed, resulting in slower delivery and the elimination of the Roanoke postmark.

The Roanoke mail facility has been in jeopardy since last year, when the Postal Service said it was considering closing 250 processing centers, including Roanoke's. Officials cited significant decreases in mail volume and the costs of a massive infrastructure.

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