Despite EDC, Chamber work, Carrington's Shopko gone

“Unfortunately, there isn’t anything that can be done to keep the Carrington location open.”

Those were the words of a representative of Shopko, Ryan Lawlor, on Tuesday, Feb. 12 regarding the closure of the Shopko Hometown store in Carrington.

This followed the announcement on Feb. 6 that Carrington and six other communities in North Dakota would lose their stores, as the Wisconsin-based company h...