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On the eastern front, firefighters were using rural routes including Butts Canyon Road to make their stand and protect scattered homes and the communities of Aetna Springs and Pope Valley.
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The Press Democrat, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025
The department uses a Rural Mail Carrier Survey to track Ohio’s rabbit population, which involves distributing survey cards to all postmasters across the state, who then give the cards to the carriers delivering mail on rural routes.
—Emma Wozniak, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
These rural routes are the latest trend being used by smugglers, exploiting a lack of border resources, according to a senior U.S Customs Border Patrol official.
—Mireya Villarreal, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
Mail carriers say they’ve been mandated to work on Sundays, delivering mail seven days a week on lonely rural routes that can now take up to 12 hours to complete.
—Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
Lindsey, a rural route carrier for the USPS, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck on Alabama Highway 55 near U.S. Highway 84, WAKA reported.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2023
Brett Hawkes Hawkes, 71, is an avid cyclist and decided the best way to travel the rural route was on his bike.
—Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
When Datsun, Toyota, et al., zeroed in on the population centers of this vast land to build splashy dealerships, Subaru took a lower-profile rural route.
—Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2022
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The Press Democrat, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025
The department uses a Rural Mail Carrier Survey to track Ohio’s rabbit population, which involves distributing survey cards to all postmasters across the state, who then give the cards to the carriers delivering mail on rural routes.
—Emma Wozniak, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
These rural routes are the latest trend being used by smugglers, exploiting a lack of border resources, according to a senior U.S Customs Border Patrol official.
—Mireya Villarreal, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
Mail carriers say they’ve been mandated to work on Sundays, delivering mail seven days a week on lonely rural routes that can now take up to 12 hours to complete.
—Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
Lindsey, a rural route carrier for the USPS, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck on Alabama Highway 55 near U.S. Highway 84, WAKA reported.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2023
Brett Hawkes Hawkes, 71, is an avid cyclist and decided the best way to travel the rural route was on his bike.
—Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
When Datsun, Toyota, et al., zeroed in on the population centers of this vast land to build splashy dealerships, Subaru took a lower-profile rural route.
—Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2022
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“Rural route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rural%20route. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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