{"id":6419,"date":"2011-12-19T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-20-small-oregon-post-offices-spared\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:50","slug":"merkley-20-small-oregon-post-offices-spared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-20-small-oregon-post-offices-spared\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley: 20 Small Oregon Post Offices Spared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON\u2014 <\/strong>After fighting for  months against a plan to close scores of Oregon&rsquo;s rural post offices,  Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that 20 are being removed  from the list and will remain open for business.The U.S. Postal  Service wrote in a letter that it had reached the decision after a study  determined that &ldquo;inclement topography, lack of local connecting roads,  and absence of opportunity for alternate access do not allow for  reasonable customer access at this time&rdquo; if the post offices were  closed.Merkley applauded the decision, saying, &ldquo;These post  offices are the heart of their communities, and it would be absolutely  wrong to close them. They are communications centers, gathering places,  and key components of the local economy. In rural Oregon, post offices  double as pharmacies for our seniors and shipping centers for our small  businesses.&#8221;Saving these post offices will save jobs and  opportunities. This is a tremendous victory. But the fight is not over.  Twenty-one more of Oregon&rsquo;s rural post offices remain on the closure  list, and I will keep fighting against their closure.&rdquo;The post  offices that were not taken off the list at this time will remain open  during a six-month moratorium as Congress and the Postal Service work on  a long-term solution. Merkley was part of the coalition of senators  that called for the moratorium on closures.Merkley is also the  author of the Protecting Rural Post Offices Act, which is co-sponsored  by Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jon Tester (D-MT), Lisa Murkowski,  (R-AK), Mark Begich (D-AK), and Ron Wyden (D-OR).  The bill would  prohibit the closing of post offices that are more than 10 miles from  another facility.The full list of post offices that were saved from closure (note that Sunriver is still on the list slated for closure):Adel  Agness Antelope Arock Brothers Crane Drewsey Durkee Fort Rock Harper  Imnaha Jamieson Oxbow Paulina Post Riley Seneca Summer Lake  Ukiah Unity<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; After fighting for months against a plan to close scores of Oregon&rsquo;s rural post offices, Sen. 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