BROADCAST AT 5:00 LOCAL OFFICIALS JOINED US SENATOR JON TESTER. IN MISSOULA WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES PAUSE ON PLANS TO MOVE. OUTGOING MAIL PROCESSING FROM THE GARDEN CITY TO SPOKANE NBC MONTANA'S CHICKEN. BONES WAS ON HAND TO HEAR WHAT'S NEXT >>SENATOR JON TESTER ADDRESS WHAT HE CALLS GOOD NEWS TODAY. REGARDING MISSOULA'S MAIL PROCESSING FACILITY. HE ALSO OUTLINED THE WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT. THE PAUSE THAT'S BEEN PUT ON THE AGENCY'S CONSOLIDATION PLANS FOR MISSOULA BECOMES PERMANENT. TESTER ADVOCATED FOR THE PARCEL ACT, WHICH HE INTRODUCED EARLIER THIS MONTH. >>SO EITHER WE GET THIS BILL PASSED OR WE GO TO GET A POSTMASTER GENERAL THAT UNDERSTANDS DISTANCE AND UNDERSTAND GEOGRAPHY. >>HE SAYS THE BILL WOULD PREVENT PROCESS AND OPERATIONS FROM BEING LOCATED OUT OF STATE. REQUIRES A GEOGRAPHIC FOR VIEW AND THAT SUCH A MOVE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC. SUPPORT THE US P. S. FINALIZE PLANS TO MOVE SOME OF MISSOULA'S MAIL. PROCESSING OUT OF STATE BEFORE PAUSING THE DECISION EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE REVERSAL CAME AFTER A BIPARTISAN LETTER FROM MONTANA SENATOR JON. TESTER AND STEVE DAINES. THE LETTER ASKED FOR THE FACILITY REVIEW TO BE STOPPED UNTIL RESEARCH COULD BE DONE. ON THE IMPACTS OF THE POSSIBLE CHANGE, ROBERT HOPPED THE UNION PRESIDENT FOR CLARKSON. MAINTENANCE WORKERS AT MISSOULA'S PROCESSING. FACILITY ALSO SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE PARCELL ACT POP THINKS. TESTER'S OFFICE, ALONG WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR PUTTING A HALT TO THE CONSOLIDATION. PLANS. >>I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING. BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND. THEY STILL WANT TO PUSH THIS THROUGH SELF I WANT TO KEEP UP. THE FIGHT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WE WILL. >>HOPS AS POSTMASTER GENERAL LEWIS DID. JOY WANTS TO DETERIORATE THE AGENCY CITING HOW THERE USED TO BE AN OVERNIGHT DELIVERY. GUARANTEE TESTER WENT AS FAR TO SAY THAT TO JOY IS A LOST CAUSE. LATER, THE SENATOR CALLED THE NOTION THAT MAIL DELIVERY WOULD NOT BE DELAYED. UNDER A POSSIBLE MOVE OF SOME OPERATIONS TO SPOKANE AS B. S.. >>YOU KNOW THE ROAD I MEAN REALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND YOU CAN NOT, YOU CANNOT SHIP MAIL, 400 MILES PERIOD ON THE BEST OF CONDITIONS UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO AND I SEE MONEY TESTERS AS A POSTAL SERVICE'S CURRENT PLANS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO COST THE AGENCY MONEY. BECAUSE OF FACTORS LIKE LOSING CUSTOMERS REPORTING IN MISSOULA, JACOB POLLENS NBC MONTANA. >>WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO US SENATOR STEVE DAINES ABOUT THE RECENT PAZ ON US. PS PLANS HE SENT US THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT. HE'S GLAD TO SEE THE AGENCY RESPOND TO HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE MISSOULA POST. OFFICES OPERATIONS. HE ADDS THAT MONTANANS RELY ON THE MAIL IN ANY DISRUPTION CAN HAVE SERIOUS EFFECTS. HE VOWS TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE IS. SO MONTANANS HAVE TIMELY AND EFFICIENT. >>SERVICE.