2018-05-08 Post Office is Helping Evacuees in Puna with Changes of Address -- press release

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Duke Gonzales, APR May 7, 2018 808-423-3713 duke.gonzales@usps.gov usps.com/news Release No. HO-18-09 Eruption Mail Update: Hilo Downtown Post Office Reopens Also, Pahoa Evacuees Reminded to Pick Up Mail at Pahoa Post Office Honolulu – Here are the latest updates regarding the impact to mail delivery of the Kilauea Volcano eruption in the Puna region of Hawaii island:  USPS announced today that the Hilo Downtown Post Office has reopened for business. The postal facility, located in the Hilo Federal Building at 154 Waianuenue Avenue, had been closed on May 4 when the federal building was evacuated due to structural concerns in the wake of the earthquakes that have accompanied the eruption.  USPS reminds residents of the evacuated areas of Pahoa/Puna that they should pick up their mail at the Pahoa Post Office at 15-2859 Pahoa Village Road while their neighborhoods are inaccessible.  USPS also advises that all residents who have evacuated in response to the eruption, whether from the officially evacuated neighborhoods or other nearby areas, submit Change of Address forms so that their mail can be redirected to them in a timely manner. # # # Please Note: For broadcast quality video and audio, photo stills and other meia resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at about.usps.com/news/welcome.htm. For reporters interested in speaking with a regional Postal Service public relations professional, please go to about.usps.com/news/media-contacts/welcome.htm. Follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/usps), Instagram (instagram.com/uspostalservice), Pinterest (pinterest.com/uspsstamps), LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/usps), subscribe to our channel on YouTube (youtube.com/usps), like us on Facebook (facebook.com/usps) and view our Postal Postsblog (uspsblog.com). For more information about the Postal Service, visit usps.com and usps.com/postalfacts.