SALT LAKE CITY, UT — All Post Offices in Utah will be open on Thursday, Dec. 31, but many will shorten retail lobby hours and close at noon. Regular mail delivery for Dec. 31 will be unaffected by the change.

Revised hours will be posted at each Post Office and commercial customers are asked to check with their Bulk Mail Acceptance Unit for Dec. 31 hours of operation. In addition, mail should be deposited into blue collection mailboxes by noon for early pick-up on Dec. 31.

Those customers needing retail services after noon on New Year’s Eve can visit one of the following Post Offices that will offer regular weekday retail hours: Cedar City Main, Logan Main, Moab Main, Ogden Main, Orem Main, Park City Main, Price Main, Provo Main, Riverton Main, Sandy Main, Salt Lake City Main, Salt Lake West Valley, Salt Lake Sugarhouse, St. George Red Rocks, Tooele Main, and Vernal Main. The retail hours and locations of all Post Offices are available online at usps.com, or by calling 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777).

Mail collection boxes and lobby drops at the locations listed above will be collected at the regular posted times on New Year’s Eve.

Post Offices will be closed on New Year’s Day, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. Sunday/Holiday Express Mail only will be delivered on Jan. 1. All Post Offices will be open and regular mail delivery will resume Saturday, Jan. 2.

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars. With 36,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, the Postal Service relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $68 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 26th in the 2008 Fortune 500.