Norfolk Southern agrees to use Ohio-based firms for East Palestine train derailment cleanup

Railroad will use Ohio-based firms for derailment cleanup

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern has agreed to exclusively use Ohio-based businesses to clean up the site of a fiery train derailment last month in a small town near the Pennsylvania state line. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost made the announcement Wednesday. Yost said he thought it a good idea that the railroad hire statewide businesses to do the work, which could take two years to complete. No one was injured in the Feb. 3 train de…

Norfolk Southern to hire Ohio companies for cleanup work in East Palestine

NILES — Under an agreement proposed by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Norfolk Southern has committed to hiring Ohio companies and workers to do all future repair and replacement work from the Feb. 3 East Palestine train derailment. Yost, with Guy Coviello, president / CEO of the Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber, made the announcement Wednesday at a news conference at the Eastwood Event Centre in Niles. Yost said Norfolk Southern is under a…

Norfolk Southern agrees to use Ohio-based firms for East Palestine train derailment cleanup

Norfolk Southern has agreed to exclusively use Ohio-based businesses to clean up the site of a fiery train derailment last month in East Palestine.

Norfolk Southern agrees to hire Ohio-based firms for East Palestine cleanup

The company has agreed to exclusively use Ohio-based businesses to clean up the site of a fiery train derailment last month in East Palestine.

Norfolk Southern CEO back in East Palestine to discuss park improvements

Alan Shaw came to town with a commitment to improving East Palestine Park to make the community more appealing for people wanting to move there or stay.

Norfolk Southern commits to hiring Ohio businesses for East Palestine cleanup

The ongoing cleanup, according to Yost, will cost Norfolk Southern millions, and that's money he wants Ohio businesses and workers to benefit from.