Main Street businesses struggle amid persistent inflation, looming recession and corporate decision making

PENDLETON — Two prominent Main Street stores are going out of business. The windows of Sears Hometown Store, 124 S. Main St., and Dean’s Pendleton Athletic, 249 S. Main St., displayed high-visibility lime-green closing sale signs on Monday, Aug. 29.

Transformco, the parent company of Sears and Kmart, has been closing stores of the beleaguered chain across the country. It has also been selling or assigning KMart store leases to Target.