Pendleton Grain Growers Inc. shuttered its stores in Pendleton, Hermiston, Milton-Freewater and Athena.
Pendleton Grain Growers Inc. shuttered its stores in Pendleton, Hermiston, Milton-Freewater and Athena.
Losing retail hurts in every community, but especially tiny Athena — population 1,200 — where many items carried at PGG are not available anywhere else in town.
That means residents must drive 22 miles round-trip to Milton-Freewater or 36 miles to and from Pendleton to buy things like paint, irrigation or livestock supplies, or even a hammer. The result hits residents at the gas pump and takes further income out of the community.
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