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Swepco and North American Coal announce closures

Swepco will close the Pirkey Power Plant

and North American Coal will close the Sabine Mine 

Swepco has partnered up with the Pirkey Transition Task Force to help employees that were laid off. 

Emily Rhodes with The Just Transition Fund explains that they are in Marshall and Hallsville throughout Harrison County to see exactly how the closures will impact the community and then they start to plan on how they can make a more diverse economy. 

Swepco's director of Communications, Carey Sullivan, says that the company is trying to find other jobs within Swepco to place employees from the Pirkey Power plant. They have also set up career fairs, voluntary resume reviews, and career counseling. The company is also looking to identify the skills needed to get their employees hired else where, and what they can do to attract new jobs to the community.