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Utqiaġvik residents worried about safety of long lines for parcel pickup at post office Author: Jenna Kunze, Arctic Sounder Updated: December 19, 2020 Published December 18, 2020
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Print article Short staffing and restricted window hours at the Utqiaġvik Post Office have made the wait to send or receive packages this holiday season a health concern, residents say. “When you go to the post office during the hours from 2 to 5, there’s like 25 to 50 people in line trying to get their Christmas supplies,” North Slope Borough Assembly member Doreen Lampe said in a special meeting Monday. “The line is not 6 feet apart and there’s some people that go in without a mask. This is a central community location and I was kind of scared standing in that line.”
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Short-staffing and restricted window hours at the Utqiaġvik post office has made the wait to send or receive packages this holiday season a health concern, residents say. When you go to the post office during the hours from 2 to 5, there s like 25 to 50 people in line trying to get their Christmas supplies, North Slope Borough Assembly Member Doreen Lampe said in a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 14, The line is not 6 feet apart and there s some people that go in without a mask. This is a central community location and I was kind of scared standing in that line.