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Travel is expensive. What if you just want your kiddo to visit grandma but cant afford it? This Idaho couple got creative. The United States Postal Service Parcel Post started getting underway in 1913. At the beginning there was little to no rules on what you could or couldn't ship. The only real rule was that there was a 50 pound limit on anything you wanted to ship.

Oftentimes, we hear about scams and the only thing we can do is "be careful." When it comes to this particular scam, however, we can put a stop to it.

How much do we actually know about those who deliver our mail everyday?

If it takes three days for a letter to reach your mailbox now, starting on October 1 it may take five days or more for the same letter to get where it's going. The Treasure Valley is in a section of the country that will be the most negatively impacted by the new slowdowns.

If your Christmas gifts don't arrive on time this year, there's a perfectly good reason why.

The USPS is offering several suggestions to make your shipping process this holiday season as stress-free as possible and to ensure your package is delivered on time before Christmas day.

If you see a mail carrier this week with blue hair, don't freak out they've colored their hair for a very good reason...to help "Stamp Out hunger" with the Idaho Food Bank

With this new free service, the post office will send black and white pictures of the mail that's coming to you that day.  It's been tested in big cities, and the expansion includes the Treasure Valley.

With more than 600 million pieces of mail processed every day, along with hundreds of millions of FedEx and UPS packages, there are bound to be delays.  And it seems like there are more than ever this holiday season.