Like our social security numbers, birth dates, and phone numbers, our ZIP codes are one of many seemingly random number sequences etched in our minds. But, for the most part, the only people who know ...

Widespread adoption of the ZIP code can largely be attributed to a cartoon letter carrier. The U.S. Postal Service introduced the Zone Improvement Plan as a means to more efficiently sort and route ...

If parts of Winnabow want to be Leland, and Leland wants to get larger, what's a town to do? Call the U.S. Postal Service, of course. A possible redrawing of Brunswick County's large and irregularly ...

Where are you in Brunswick County? For many, it's as easy as knowing the name of the town you're in. With 19 municipalities, the county has no lack of official towns, with city limit signs and mayors ...

A recent study compares postal zones, ranking those with the most in-demand listings and the fastest-selling homes. By Michael Kolomatsky During the pandemic, home prices in cities and towns across ...

News-Miner opinion: Alaska is now overseas, much to the delight of ill-informed cartographers and the elementary school students who believe their dubious mapping skills. Our new location is likely ...

It's very easy to chalk up certain facets of our lives to just being "the way it's always been." From daylight savings time to time zones, most of us don't even give a second thought to the meaning ...