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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The new U.S. Postal Service rates that go into effect Monday have people living in Alaska's remotest villages worried about more than just paying 2 cents more for a stamp.
The Postal Service also is bumping up rates for Alaska's one-of-a-kind discount mail program, which ensures that groceries and other basic supplies arrive regularly in 139 villages that cannot be reached by any road.
For these communities, where prices already are high, the roughly 13 percent hike will affect the cost of all sorts of items from milk to fresh fruit, retailers say.
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