HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-05-08 Post Office is Helping Evacuees in Puna with Changes of Address -- press release
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.
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