East Palestine: Latest news on the train derailment and cleanup
A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on Friday, Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, near the Pennsylvania border. Find coverage on the crash and cleanup from WESA and news partners.
Oliver Morrison
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Some residents have criticized a $600 million preliminary settlement agreement related to the 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. But the lawyers who negotiated the settlement said it was a "very, very good deal" and asked for patience until they can help to explain it more.
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The head of the National Transportation Safety Board told Congress Wednesday that the decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them three days after the Norfolk Southern train derailed last year wasn't justified. -
The company also disclosed Monday that CEO Alan Shaw received a 37% raise last year, reaching $13.4 million in total compensation in 2023. -
President Joe Biden is praising what he says were “Herculean efforts” to rebuild at the site of last February's train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Biden is visiting Friday, more than a year after a train loaded with hazardous chemicals derailed causing a deadly explosive fire. -
The EPA has been testing outdoor air all year in East Palestine for volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, like the chemicals released in the derailment. -
Federal investigators say they will determine the cause of last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio at a hearing in East Palestine this June 25. -
A year after the derailment, regulators say they have cleaned up the site, and that the air in town is clear. But the stream running through the middle of town is still contaminated. -
A year later, a Pennsylvania resident impacted by the Norfolk Southern derailment pushes for answersWhen the Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed last February in East Palestine, all eyes were on the Ohio town. But residents just across the Pennsylvania border were impacted, too. -
Public health experts say there should have been immediate testing of people for chemicals in their bodies, along with the creation of a large-scale community health registry. Without these, residents won’t know the long-term impacts on their health. -
Some in East Palestine say more needs to be done to address health risks. Other residents believe the derailment’s worst impacts were limited and have long since passed. -
The White House says President Joe Biden will visit the eastern Ohio community devastated by a fiery train derailment in February 2023.
